ZIP 40050 vs ZIP 40058

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40050 (New Castle, KY) and ZIP 40058 (Port Royal, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40050 has a population of 1,389 at 55 people per square mile, while ZIP 40058 has 64 at 1,040 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 40050 reports a median household income of $44,688 against $66,635 in ZIP 40058, with per-capita income of $26,721 vs $48,770. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.5% in 40050 and 29.7% in 40058. Poverty rate reads 16.5% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 100.0% — 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 $127,300 in 40050 versus $212,500 in 40058, with median rent of $722 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.4% vs 48.0%. 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.