ZIP 40207 vs ZIP 40041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40207 (Louisville, KY) and ZIP 40041 (Masonic Home, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40207 has a population of 29,745 at 988 people per square mile, while ZIP 40041 has 286 at 1,066 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 40207 reports a median household income of $101,898 against $153,214 in ZIP 40041, with per-capita income of $72,150 vs $58,921. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 68.2% in 40207 and 45.6% in 40041. Poverty rate reads 5.7% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 2.7% vs — — 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 $421,200 in 40207 versus — in 40041, with median rent of $1,334 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.1% vs 18.2%. 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.