ZIP 41522 vs ZIP 41559

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41522 (Elkhorn City, KY) and ZIP 41559 (Regina, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41522 has a population of 5,352 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 41559 has 339 at 29 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 41522 reports a median household income of $37,331 against $28,279 in ZIP 41559, with per-capita income of $25,767 vs $26,564. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.1% in 41522 and 8.3% in 41559. Poverty rate reads 31.9% vs 20.9%, and unemployment 5.7% 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 $90,600 in 41522 versus $187,200 in 41559, with median rent of $879 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.6% 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.