Zip lookup · KY

40965
Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Middlesboro, Bell County, KY · Middlesborough, KY metro · population 11,561

What it costs per month · 40965 $627/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$256 (+69%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $2,204 -2%
$121,622$119,418 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $10,874 +10%
$108,544$119,418 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 40965 $627 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 40965$627
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 36 years.

Typical home values in zip 40965 fell 1.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Bell County, KY 85% · Claiborne County, TN 15%

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

Typical home value $119,418 as of Sep 2026
-1.8%year on year

Typical home value — 40965

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 40965 $119,418 Middlesborough $99,037 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 40965$119,418
  • Middlesborough$99,037
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.0 37724 Cumberland Gap 2,214 — $220,174
6.8 40977 Pineville 8,367 — $86,686
9.8 40813 Calvin 354 — $100,332
10.8 37752 Harrogate 6,185 — $235,482
12.5 37870 Speedwell 4,385 — $227,692
12.6 24248 Ewing 2,207 — $133,806
12.7 40856 Miracle 745 — $90,105
13.9 40903 Artemus 558 — $83,980
15.0 37825 New Tazewell 8,409 — $239,598
15.1 40958 Kettle Island 547 — $90,810
16.6 40902 Arjay 558 — $66,151
16.8 37879 Tazewell 11,854 — $215,192
17.9 40863 Pathfork 706 — $70,070
18.2 37729 Duff 1,279 — $116,048
19.1 40915 Bimble 564 — $129,652
19.8 40819 Coldiron 808 — $98,812
19.8 40906 Barbourville 10,813 — $140,148
19.8 40935 Flat Lick 1,748 — $85,679
19.8 40988 Stoney Fork 519 — $67,398

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