ZIP 40107 vs ZIP 40150

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40107 (Boston, KY) and ZIP 40150 (Lebanon Junction, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40107 has a population of 2,067 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 40150 has 4,103 at 46 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 40107 reports a median household income of $60,398 against $65,500 in ZIP 40150, with per-capita income of $30,870 vs $31,144. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.7% in 40107 and 12.3% in 40150. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 0.8% vs 9.2% — 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 $204,000 in 40107 versus $177,900 in 40150, with median rent of $1,053 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.0% vs 87.6%. 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.