ZIP 40071 vs ZIP 40020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40071 (Taylorsville, KY) and ZIP 40020 (Fairfield, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40071 has a population of 14,292 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 40020 has 109 at 89 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 40071 reports a median household income of $98,528 against $90,712 in ZIP 40020, with per-capita income of $40,699 vs $31,321. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.8% in 40071 and 13.0% in 40020. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 2.0%, and unemployment 3.9% 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 $329,000 in 40071 versus — in 40020, with median rent of $960 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 97.5%. 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.