ZIP 40119 vs ZIP 40152

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40119 (Falls Of Rough, KY) and ZIP 40152 (Mc Daniels, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40119 has a population of 1,797 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 40152 has 604 at 24 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 40119 reports a median household income of $65,500 against $71,406 in ZIP 40152, with per-capita income of $38,123 vs $42,875. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.6% in 40119 and 34.0% in 40152. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 29.3%, and unemployment 5.2% 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 $128,700 in 40119 versus $173,900 in 40152, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.4% vs 97.9%. 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.