ZIP 40210 vs ZIP 40208

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40210 (Louisville, KY) and ZIP 40208 (Louisville, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40210 has a population of 14,822 at 1,779 people per square mile, while ZIP 40208 has 13,227 at 2,076 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 40210 reports a median household income of $35,347 against $39,560 in ZIP 40208, with per-capita income of $19,591 vs $25,569. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.4% in 40210 and 35.8% in 40208. Poverty rate reads 37.8% vs 32.0%, and unemployment 13.7% vs 7.5% — 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 $98,700 in 40210 versus $188,900 in 40208, with median rent of $848 and $997 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.0% vs 26.2%. 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.