ZIP 40464 vs ZIP 40328

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40464 (Parksville, KY) and ZIP 40328 (Gravel Switch, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40464 has a population of 1,114 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 40328 has 1,065 at 8 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 40464 reports a median household income of $66,932 against $44,770 in ZIP 40328, with per-capita income of $29,947 vs $23,081. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.3% in 40464 and 2.6% in 40328. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 8.9% — 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 $153,300 in 40464 versus $95,600 in 40328, with median rent of — and $684 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.4% vs 90.8%. 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.