Zip lookup · KY

40831
Harlan, Kentucky.

Harlan, Harlan County, KY · population 4,789

What it costs per month · 40831 $542/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$304 (+127%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $7,838 -7%
$111,173$103,335 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $29,784 +40%
$73,550$103,335 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 40831 $542 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 40831$542
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 40831 fell 7.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $103,335 as of Sep 2026
-7.1%year on year

Typical home value — 40831

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 40831 $103,335 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 40831$103,335
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.2 40873 Wallins Creek 2,167 — $78,442
5.8 40854 Loyall 675 — $75,593
6.1 40815 Cawood 811 — $69,505
6.4 40863 Pathfork 706 — $70,070
7.7 40819 Coldiron 808 — $98,812
7.9 24281 Rose Hill 1,890 — $121,598
8.8 40806 Baxter 1,732 — $108,074
9.4 40820 Cranks 121 — $92,181
11.5 40856 Miracle 745 — $90,105
11.7 40810 Bledsoe 1,323 — $91,178
12.0 24263 Jonesville 5,830 — $129,267
12.3 40865 Putney 426 — $95,850
12.6 40988 Stoney Fork 519 — $67,398
12.6 40828 Evarts 4,280 — $62,940
13.5 24248 Ewing 2,207 — $133,806
14.3 40958 Kettle Island 547 — $90,810
15.0 40813 Calvin 354 — $100,332
15.5 40870 Totz 564 — $97,682
16.9 24277 Pennington Gap 5,839 — $95,452
17.0 40902 Arjay 558 — $66,151
17.9 37869 Sneedville 5,271 — $177,444
18.3 37752 Harrogate 6,185 — $235,482
18.7 40927 Closplint 584 — $65,588
20.0 37765 Kyles Ford 370 — $156,603

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