ZIP 40058 vs ZIP 40050

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