ZIP 41540 vs ZIP 41513

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41540 (Lick Creek, KY) and ZIP 41513 (Belcher, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41540 has a population of 302 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 41513 has 590 at 20 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 41540 reports a median household income of $64,250 against $53,992 in ZIP 41513, with per-capita income of $17,993 vs $30,116. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 41540 and 2.9% in 41513. Poverty rate reads 12.8% vs 5.9%, 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 — in 41540 versus $96,400 in 41513, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.8% vs 50.8%. 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.