ZIP 40409 vs ZIP 40419

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40409 (Brodhead, KY) and ZIP 40419 (Crab Orchard, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40409 has a population of 3,843 at 34 people per square mile, while ZIP 40419 has 4,621 at 19 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 40409 reports a median household income of $52,619 against $56,549 in ZIP 40419, with per-capita income of $28,049 vs $22,111. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.0% in 40409 and 12.5% in 40419. Poverty rate reads 21.9% vs 17.6%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 7.8% — 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 $123,600 in 40409 versus $124,100 in 40419, with median rent of $757 and $665 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 79.2%. 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.