Hottest ZIP codes for real estate investors in Kentucky

Kentucky has 779 residential ZIP codes, of which 90 qualify for ranking by investor purchases per 100 single-family homes (12 months ending 2026-06-03, public-record counts, compiled 2026-07-05). The hottest ZIP in Kentucky is 40215 in Jefferson County, with 151 recorded investor purchases — 2.1 per 100 homes. Data by HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

The hottest ZIPs for investors in Kentucky

90 of 779 Kentucky ZIPs qualify for ranking — by recorded investor purchases per 100 single-family homes, 12 months ending 2026-06-03. Counted from public property records; here's exactly how.

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
1	40215	Jefferson County	151	2.1	38%	5.6%
2	40208	Jefferson County	56	2.1	36%	5.8%
3	40212	Jefferson County	100	1.7	54%	3.1%
4	40508	Fayette County	75	1.7	41%	4.1%
5	40210	Jefferson County	73	1.6	42%	3.8%
6	41074	Campbell County	26	1.6	31%	5.0%
7	40211	Jefferson County	101	1.4	42%	3.3%
8	40504	Fayette County	68	1.2	25%	4.9%
9	42101	Warren County	157	1.2	29%	4.2%
10	40203	Jefferson County	28	1.2	28%	4.2%
11	41014	Kenton County	24	1.1	21%	5.1%
12	41073	Campbell County	22	1.1	19%	5.7%
13	41071	Campbell County	46	1.0	18%	5.5%
14	42001	McCracken County	91	0.9	23%	4.1%
15	40505	Fayette County	80	0.9	21%	4.4%
16	42240	Christian County	109	0.8	21%	4.0%
17	41011	Kenton County	48	0.8	16%	5.1%
18	40517	Fayette County	64	0.8	17%	4.7%
19	40213	Jefferson County	41	0.7	16%	4.8%
20	41097	Grant County	17	0.7	16%	4.5%
21	40503	Fayette County	66	0.7	18%	3.9%
22	40218	Jefferson County	53	0.7	16%	4.5%
23	40342	Anderson County	53	0.7	33%	2.1%
24	41101	Boyd County	46	0.7	15%	4.5%
25	41139	Greenup County	23	0.7	17%	3.8%

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#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
26	40217	Jefferson County	31	0.6	15%	4.3%
27	42301	Daviess County	88	0.6	15%	4.2%
28	42104	Warren County	60	0.6	16%	3.9%
29	40502	Fayette County	51	0.6	14%	4.5%
30	40229	Jefferson County	86	0.6	13%	4.9%
31	42701	Hardin County	83	0.6	16%	4.0%
32	40475	Madison County	65	0.6	13%	4.8%
33	42420	Henderson County	77	0.6	15%	4.0%
34	40509	Fayette County	81	0.6	12%	5.0%
35	40272	Jefferson County	79	0.6	13%	4.6%
36	40601	Franklin County	90	0.6	14%	4.1%
37	41015	Kenton County	42	0.6	15%	3.9%
38	42103	Warren County	33	0.6	13%	4.3%
39	40216	Jefferson County	79	0.5	14%	4.0%
40	42445	Caldwell County	19	0.5	17%	3.2%
41	40258	Jefferson County	51	0.5	12%	4.5%
42	42431	Hopkins County	49	0.5	14%	3.8%
43	42003	McCracken County	49	0.5	16%	3.3%
44	42141	Barren County	51	0.5	11%	4.6%
45	40222	Jefferson County	32	0.5	11%	4.5%
46	40004	Nelson County	51	0.5	12%	4.1%
47	42211	Trigg County	21	0.5	9%	5.2%
48	40206	Jefferson County	24	0.5	11%	4.6%
49	42303	Daviess County	64	0.5	11%	4.5%
50	40515	Fayette County	54	0.5	11%	4.4%
51	40214	Jefferson County	58	0.5	11%	4.4%
52	42501	Pulaski County	28	0.5	15%	3.1%
53	40065	Shelby County	18	0.5	10%	4.7%
54	40291	Jefferson County	61	0.5	11%	4.3%
55	40047	Bullitt County	32	0.5	10%	4.6%
56	40228	Jefferson County	24	0.4	10%	4.4%
57	41094	Boone County	22	0.4	11%	4.0%
58	40207	Jefferson County	44	0.4	10%	4.5%
59	40118	Jefferson County	15	0.4	11%	4.1%
60	42071	Calloway County	29	0.4	10%	4.2%
61	42728	Adair County	19	0.4	12%	3.6%
62	40356	Jessamine County	22	0.4	12%	3.4%
63	41075	Campbell County	20	0.4	9%	4.4%
64	40514	Fayette County	23	0.4	10%	4.0%
65	40219	Jefferson County	42	0.4	10%	4.2%
66	40299	Jefferson County	55	0.4	9%	4.5%
67	41091	Boone County	38	0.4	7%	5.9%
68	40511	Fayette County	45	0.4	9%	4.2%
69	40351	Rowan County	29	0.4	15%	2.5%
70	40220	Jefferson County	36	0.4	8%	4.5%
71	40160	Hardin County	23	0.4	11%	3.3%
72	41048	Boone County	21	0.4	7%	5.1%
73	41018	Kenton County	28	0.4	8%	4.4%
74	40403	Madison County	18	0.3	7%	4.6%
75	40245	Jefferson County	41	0.3	8%	4.5%
76	40031	Oldham County	24	0.3	8%	4.3%
77	41056	Mason County	15	0.3	9%	3.7%
78	42503	Pulaski County	27	0.3	9%	3.4%
79	40165	Bullitt County	32	0.3	7%	4.3%
80	41042	Boone County	38	0.3	8%	3.6%
81	40330	Mercer County	18	0.3	6%	4.8%
82	40223	Jefferson County	17	0.3	7%	3.7%
83	40205	Jefferson County	21	0.3	7%	3.9%
84	41005	Boone County	17	0.2	6%	4.3%
85	41102	Boyd County	17	0.2	6%	4.1%
86	40241	Jefferson County	20	0.2	5%	4.4%
87	41017	Kenton County	28	0.2	6%	4.0%
88	40014	Oldham County	15	0.2	6%	3.7%
89	40701	Whitley County	19	0.2	8%	2.1%
90	41051	Kenton County	15	0.1	4%	3.8%

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Every ZIP in Kentucky, by county

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Adair County · 5 ZIPs

42715 42728 · #61 42741 42742 42753

Allen County · 3 ZIPs

42120 42153 42164

Anderson County · 1 ZIP

40342 · #23

Ballard County · 6 ZIPs

42022 42024 42053 42056 42060 42087

Barren County · 6 ZIPs

42123 42127 42130 42131 42141 · #44 42156

Bath County · 5 ZIPs

40334 40358 40360 40371 40374

Bell County · 11 ZIPs

40813 40845 40856 40902 40913 40939 40940 40958 40965 40977 40988

Boone County · 7 ZIPs

41005 · #84 41042 · #80 41048 · #72 41080 41091 · #67 41092 41094 · #57

Bourbon County · 3 ZIPs

40348 40357 40361

Boyd County · 4 ZIPs

41101 · #24 41102 · #85 41129 41168

Boyle County · 4 ZIPs

40422 40440 40464 40468

Bracken County · 3 ZIPs

41002 41004 41043

Breathitt County · 7 ZIPs

41310 41317 41339 41348 41366 41385 41390

Breckinridge County · 13 ZIPs

40111 40115 40119 40140 40143 40144 40145 40146 40152 40170 40171 40176 40178

Bullitt County · 6 ZIPs

40047 · #55 40109 40110 40150 40165 · #79 40177

Butler County · 4 ZIPs

42252 42261 42273 42275

Caldwell County · 2 ZIPs

42411 42445 · #40

Calloway County · 6 ZIPs

42020 42036 42049 42054 42071 · #60 42076

Campbell County · 9 ZIPs

41001 41007 41059 41071 · #13 41073 · #12 41074 · #6 41075 · #63 41076 41085

Carlisle County · 3 ZIPs

42021 42023 42035

Carroll County · 3 ZIPs

41008 41045 41083

Carter County · 6 ZIPs

41132 41142 41143 41146 41164 41181

Casey County · 7 ZIPs

40437 42516 42528 42539 42541 42565 42566

Christian County · 8 ZIPs

42215 42217 42232 42236 42240 · #16 42254 42262 42266

Clark County · 1 ZIP

40391

Clay County · 4 ZIPs

40914 40941 40962 40972

Clinton County · 1 ZIP

42602

Crittenden County · 2 ZIPs

42037 42064

Cumberland County · 2 ZIPs

42717 42759

Daviess County · 6 ZIPs

42301 · #27 42303 · #49 42355 42356 42366 42376

Edmonson County · 6 ZIPs

42160 42163 42207 42210 42259 42285

Elliott County · 2 ZIPs

41149 41171

Estill County · 2 ZIPs

40336 40472

Fayette County · 16 ZIPs

40502 · #29 40503 · #21 40504 · #8 40505 · #15 40507 40508 · #4 40509 · #34 40510 40511 · #68 40513 40514 · #64 40515 · #50 40516 40517 · #18 40526 40536

Fleming County · 4 ZIPs

41039 41041 41049 41093

Floyd County · 31 ZIPs

41216 41601 41602 41603 41604 41605 41606 41607 41612 41615 41616 41619 41621 41622 41630 41631 41635 41636 41642 41645 41647 41649 41650 41651 41653 41655 41660 41663 41666 41667 41669

Franklin County · 1 ZIP

40601 · #36

Fulton County · 2 ZIPs

42041 42050

Gallatin County · 2 ZIPs

41086 41095

Garrard County · 2 ZIPs

40444 40461

Grant County · 5 ZIPs

41010 41030 41035 41052 41097 · #20

Graves County · 11 ZIPs

42027 42039 42040 42051 42061 42066 42069 42079 42082 42085 42088

Grayson County · 4 ZIPs

42721 42726 42754 42762

Green County · 3 ZIPs

42743 42764 42782

Greenup County · 7 ZIPs

41121 41139 · #25 41144 41169 41174 41175 41183

Hancock County · 3 ZIPs

42348 42351 42368

Hardin County · 10 ZIPs

40121 40160 · #71 40162 42701 · #31 42712 42724 42732 42740 42776 42788

Harlan County · 25 ZIPs

40801 40806 40807 40810 40815 40818 40819 40820 40823 40824 40828 40829 40830 40831 40843 40847 40849 40854 40855 40863 40865 40870 40873 40927 40964

Harrison County · 2 ZIPs

41003 41031

Hart County · 8 ZIPs

42713 42722 42729 42746 42749 42757 42765 42784

Henderson County · 5 ZIPs

42406 42420 · #33 42451 42452 42458

Henry County · 10 ZIPs

40007 40011 40019 40036 40050 40057 40058 40068 40070 40075

Hickman County · 2 ZIPs

42031 42032

Hopkins County · 10 ZIPs

42408 42410 42413 42431 · #42 42436 42440 42441 42442 42453 42464

Jackson County · 5 ZIPs

40402 40434 40447 40481 40486

Jefferson County · 38 ZIPs

40023 40025 40041 40118 · #59 40202 40203 · #10 40204 40205 · #83 40206 · #48 40207 · #58 40208 · #2 40209 40210 · #5 40211 · #7 40212 · #3 40213 · #19 40214 · #51 40215 · #1 40216 · #39 40217 · #26 40218 · #22 40219 · #65 40220 · #70 40221 40222 · #45 40223 · #82 40228 · #56 40229 · #30 40231 40241 · #86 40242 40243 40245 · #75 40258 · #41 40272 · #35 40280 40291 · #54 40299 · #66

Jessamine County · 3 ZIPs

40339 40356 · #62 40390

Johnson County · 17 ZIPs

41204 41219 41222 41226 41234 41238 41240 41254 41255 41256 41257 41260 41263 41265 41268 41271 41274

Kenton County · 8 ZIPs

41011 · #17 41014 · #11 41015 · #37 41016 41017 · #87 41018 · #73 41051 · #90 41063

Knott County · 21 ZIPs

41640 41643 41722 41725 41740 41759 41772 41773 41817 41822 41828 41831 41834 41836 41839 41843 41844 41847 41859 41861 41862

Knox County · 15 ZIPs

40734 40771 40903 40906 40915 40921 40923 40935 40943 40946 40949 40953 40982 40995 40997

Larue County · 2 ZIPs

42716 42748

Laurel County · 5 ZIPs

40729 40737 40740 40741 40744

Lawrence County · 7 ZIPs

41124 41159 41180 41201 41230 41232 41264

Lee County · 2 ZIPs

41311 41397

Leslie County · 18 ZIPs

40803 40808 40816 40827 40840 40844 40858 40868 40874 40979 41714 41749 41762 41764 41766 41775 41776 41777

Letcher County · 24 ZIPs

40826 40862 41517 41537 41804 41810 41812 41815 41819 41821 41824 41825 41826 41832 41833 41835 41837 41838 41840 41845 41848 41849 41855 41858

Lewis County · 5 ZIPs

41135 41141 41166 41179 41189

Lincoln County · 5 ZIPs

40419 40442 40448 40484 40489

Livingston County · 7 ZIPs

42028 42045 42047 42058 42078 42081 42083

Logan County · 5 ZIPs

42202 42206 42256 42265 42276

Lyon County · 2 ZIPs

42038 42055

Madison County · 4 ZIPs

40385 40403 · #74 40404 40475 · #32

Magoffin County · 3 ZIPs

41464 41465 41632

Marion County · 8 ZIPs

40009 40033 40037 40049 40060 40062 40063 40328

Marshall County · 4 ZIPs

42025 42029 42044 42048

Martin County · 7 ZIPs

41203 41214 41224 41231 41250 41262 41267

Mason County · 4 ZIPs

41034 41044 41055 41056 · #77

McCracken County · 3 ZIPs

42001 · #14 42003 · #43 42086

McCreary County · 7 ZIPs

42631 42634 42635 42638 42647 42649 42653

McLean County · 6 ZIPs

42322 42327 42350 42352 42371 42372

Meade County · 8 ZIPs

40104 40108 40117 40142 40155 40157 40161 40175

Menifee County · 4 ZIPs

40316 40322 40346 40387

Mercer County · 3 ZIPs

40310 40330 · #81 40372

Metcalfe County · 5 ZIPs

42124 42129 42154 42166 42214

Monroe County · 5 ZIPs

42133 42140 42151 42157 42167

Montgomery County · 2 ZIPs

40337 40353

Morgan County · 6 ZIPs

41332 41352 41408 41421 41425 41472

Muhlenberg County · 13 ZIPs

42321 42323 42324 42325 42326 42330 42332 42337 42339 42344 42345 42367 42374

Nelson County · 8 ZIPs

40004 · #46 40008 40012 40013 40020 40051 40052 40107

Nicholas County · 2 ZIPs

40311 40350

Ohio County · 12 ZIPs

42320 42328 42333 42338 42343 42347 42349 42354 42361 42369 42370 42378

Oldham County · 7 ZIPs

40010 40014 · #88 40026 40031 · #76 40056 40059 40077

Owen County · 5 ZIPs

40355 40359 40363 41046 41098

Owsley County · 5 ZIPs

40983 41314 41351 41364 41386

Pendleton County · 3 ZIPs

41006 41033 41040

Perry County · 21 ZIPs

40981 41367 41701 41712 41713 41719 41721 41723 41727 41729 41731 41735 41739 41745 41746 41751 41754 41760 41763 41774 41778

Pike County · 37 ZIPs

41501 41503 41512 41513 41514 41519 41522 41524 41526 41527 41528 41531 41534 41535 41538 41539 41540 41543 41544 41547 41548 41553 41554 41555 41557 41558 41559 41560 41562 41563 41564 41566 41567 41568 41571 41572 41659

Powell County · 3 ZIPs

40312 40376 40380

Pulaski County · 7 ZIPs

42501 · #52 42503 · #78 42519 42533 42544 42553 42567

Robertson County · 1 ZIP

41064

Rockcastle County · 4 ZIPs

40409 40445 40456 40460

Rowan County · 2 ZIPs

40313 40351 · #69

Russell County · 2 ZIPs

42629 42642

Scott County · 3 ZIPs

40324 40370 40379

Shelby County · 5 ZIPs

40003 40022 40065 · #53 40067 40076

Simpson County · 1 ZIP

42134

Spencer County · 2 ZIPs

40046 40071

Taylor County · 3 ZIPs

42718 42733 42758

Todd County · 5 ZIPs

42204 42220 42234 42280 42286

Trigg County · 1 ZIP

42211 · #47

Trimble County · 3 ZIPs

40006 40045 40055

Union County · 4 ZIPs

42437 42459 42461 42462

Warren County · 8 ZIPs

42101 · #9 42103 · #38 42104 · #28 42122 42159 42170 42171 42274

Washington County · 4 ZIPs

40040 40061 40069 40078

Wayne County · 3 ZIPs

42518 42603 42633

Webster County · 7 ZIPs

42404 42409 42444 42450 42455 42456 42463

Whitley County · 4 ZIPs

40701 · #89 40759 40763 40769

Wolfe County · 3 ZIPs

41301 41360 41365

Woodford County · 2 ZIPs

40347 40383