ZIP 40339 vs ZIP 40513

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40339 (Keene, KY) and ZIP 40513 (Lexington, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40339 has a population of 46 at 141 people per square mile, while ZIP 40513 has 10,994 at 294 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 40339 reports a median household income of $130,625 against $128,013 in ZIP 40513, with per-capita income of $37,902 vs $68,024. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 2.4% in 40339 and 73.4% in 40513. Poverty rate reads 26.0% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 2.5% — 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 $115,300 in 40339 versus $497,600 in 40513, with median rent of — and $1,416 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 72.9%. 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.