ZIP 40031 vs ZIP 40010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40031 (La Grange, KY) and ZIP 40010 (Buckner, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40031 has a population of 22,863 at 133 people per square mile, while ZIP 40010 has 587 at 124 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 40031 reports a median household income of $98,513 against $196,125 in ZIP 40010, with per-capita income of $38,010 vs $78,777. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.7% in 40031 and 56.9% in 40010. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 0.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $341,000 in 40031 versus $591,500 in 40010, with median rent of $1,092 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.0% vs 72.2%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.