| City: | Owensboro, Kentucky |
| County: | Daviess County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:34:02 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 270 / 364 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 37.7744, -87.1134 |
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ZIP code 42302 serves as a downtown PO Box hub for Owensboro, Kentucky's fourth-largest city. This isn't a residential ZIP. It's a point location for the post office on West 4th Street in Daviess County. The 180 PO Boxes here serve businesses and individuals who prefer a downtown mailing address.
Owensboro's main postal infrastructure spreads across multiple ZIP codes, with 42302 handling PO Box services while surrounding ZIPs like 42303 cover residential delivery. The 307 business delivery points and 835 employees tied to this ZIP reflect its commercial character. Local businesses, government offices, and professionals maintain boxes here for convenient downtown mail pickup.
All 90 street-type records in this ZIP point to a single address on W 4th Street with unit designators. This pattern indicates the post office building itself, where PO Box Street Addressing allows customers to use the physical address instead of a traditional PO Box number. Someone with Box 100 could receive mail at "401 W 4th St Unit 100" rather than "PO Box 100."
This ZIP exists within the boundaries of 42303, which handles street delivery for the surrounding area. Residents who want home delivery use 42303 or other Owensboro ZIP codes. Those who choose 42302 do so for the convenience of a central PO Box location.
Single street address representing the downtown post office location with PO Box Street Addressing.
ZIP Code 42302 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 34 business establishments, employing about 882 people with an annual payroll of $37,997,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 3,236Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 34Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $9,260,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $37,997,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 882Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 42302 is located in Daviess County, Kentucky, within the Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 36980) and Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 114,752 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 42302. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Owensboro, KYSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 36980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 114,752Source: Census |
| MSA: | Owensboro, KY MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 7177.44 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2158620Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Owensboro city; KentuckySource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 42302 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.