ZIP 40245 vs ZIP 40056

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40245 (Louisville, KY) and ZIP 40056 (Pewee Valley, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40245 has a population of 30,109 at 359 people per square mile, while ZIP 40056 has 3,263 at 443 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 40245 reports a median household income of $122,948 against $134,115 in ZIP 40056, with per-capita income of $62,005 vs $57,042. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.3% in 40245 and 49.3% in 40056. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 5.2% — 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 $445,300 in 40245 versus $339,900 in 40056, with median rent of $1,688 and $1,648 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.0% vs 92.5%. 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.