ZIP 40202 vs ZIP 40203

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40202 (Louisville, KY) and ZIP 40203 (Louisville, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40202 has a population of 6,772 at 1,682 people per square mile, while ZIP 40203 has 19,694 at 2,586 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 40202 reports a median household income of $35,584 against $30,794 in ZIP 40203, with per-capita income of $34,719 vs $23,941. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.2% in 40202 and 22.5% in 40203. Poverty rate reads 34.9% vs 43.3%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 11.8% — 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 $257,300 in 40202 versus $197,300 in 40203, with median rent of $958 and $809 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 11.8% vs 24.9%. 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.