ZIP 41527 vs ZIP 41503

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41527 (Forest Hills, KY) and ZIP 41503 (South Williamson, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41527 has a population of 675 at 43 people per square mile, while ZIP 41503 has 570 at 149 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 41527 reports a median household income of $90,260 against $56,484 in ZIP 41503, with per-capita income of $36,770 vs $50,049. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.9% in 41527 and 14.4% in 41503. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 23.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 5.7% — 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 $170,200 in 41527 versus $169,800 in 41503, with median rent of — and $723 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 47.3%. 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.