ZIP 40815 vs ZIP 40820

This side-by-side compares ZIP 40815 (Cawood, KY) and ZIP 40820 (Cranks, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 40815 has a population of 1,534 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 40820 has 581 at 14 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 40815 reports a median household income of $68,155 against — in ZIP 40820, with per-capita income of $39,843 vs $28,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.3% in 40815 and 0.0% in 40820. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 28.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $69,900 in 40815 versus — in 40820, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 100.0%. 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.