ZIP 40211 vs ZIP 40210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40211 (Louisville, KY) and ZIP 40210 (Louisville, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40211 has a population of 22,612 at 1,167 people per square mile, while ZIP 40210 has 14,822 at 1,779 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 40211 reports a median household income of $31,749 against $35,347 in ZIP 40210, with per-capita income of $22,844 vs $19,591. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.0% in 40211 and 8.4% in 40210. Poverty rate reads 38.0% vs 37.8%, and unemployment 16.4% vs 13.7% — 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 $100,400 in 40211 versus $98,700 in 40210, with median rent of $952 and $848 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 41.4% vs 44.0%. 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.