Zip lookup · KY

42647
Stearns, Kentucky.

Stearns, McCreary County, KY · population 3,349

What it costs per month · 42647 $459/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$265 (+137%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $12,478 -12%
$99,847$87,369 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $13,346 +18%
$74,023$87,369 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 42647 $459 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 42647$459
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.

Typical home values in zip 42647 fell 12.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Stearns, KY — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $87,369 as of Sep 2026
-12.5%year on year

Typical home value — 42647

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 42647 $87,369 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 42647$87,369
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.3 42653 Whitley City 4,300 — $98,748
11.7 42649 Strunk 2,003 — $107,409
11.8 42635 Pine Knot 4,736 — $117,242
13.2 37841 Oneida 10,199 — $204,586
14.0 42633 Monticello 18,606 — $161,353
16.2 42518 Bronston 3,031 — $200,593
16.3 37892 Winfield 1,631 — $193,902
16.9 42634 Parkers Lake 1,646 — $66,781
17.6 42519 Burnside 2,756 — $101,260
19.2 37755 Helenwood 3,404 — $187,426

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.