ZIP 41548 vs ZIP 41540

This side-by-side compares ZIP 41548 (Mouthcard, KY) and ZIP 41540 (Lick Creek, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 41548 has a population of 862 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 41540 has 302 at 12 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 41548 reports a median household income of $22,755 against $64,250 in ZIP 41540, with per-capita income of $13,164 vs $17,993. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.4% in 41548 and 0.0% in 41540. Poverty rate reads 70.5% vs 12.8%, and unemployment 15.2% 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 $99,500 in 41548 versus — in 41540, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.2% vs 74.8%. 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.