ZIP 42032 vs ZIP 42021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 42032 (Columbus, KY) and ZIP 42021 (Arlington, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 42032 has a population of 192 at 46 people per square mile, while ZIP 42021 has 1,505 at 10 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 42032 reports a median household income of $34,706 against $56,477 in ZIP 42021, with per-capita income of $18,276 vs $34,819. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.6% in 42032 and 9.8% in 42021. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 10.9% — 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 $58,500 in 42032 versus $94,800 in 42021, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.4% vs 81.5%. 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.