ZIP 41017 vs ZIP 41018

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41017 (Ft Mitchell, KY) and ZIP 41018 (Erlanger, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41017 has a population of 38,940 at 717 people per square mile, while ZIP 41018 has 27,345 at 925 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 41017 reports a median household income of $97,274 against $68,605 in ZIP 41018, with per-capita income of $55,007 vs $36,711. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.9% in 41017 and 27.9% in 41018. Poverty rate reads 5.9% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 4.4% — 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 $293,500 in 41017 versus $192,100 in 41018, with median rent of $1,064 and $1,027 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.4% vs 68.1%. 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.