ZIP 41007 vs ZIP 41001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41007 (California, KY) and ZIP 41001 (Alexandria, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41007 has a population of 4,193 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 41001 has 16,412 at 124 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 41007 reports a median household income of $100,924 against $102,447 in ZIP 41001, with per-capita income of $47,502 vs $46,104. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.7% in 41007 and 34.5% in 41001. Poverty rate reads 2.0% vs 5.6%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 2.7% — 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 $314,200 in 41007 versus $283,600 in 41001, with median rent of $780 and $1,274 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.3% vs 89.3%. 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.