ZIP 42130 vs ZIP 42166

This side-by-side compares ZIP 42130 (Eighty Eight, KY) and ZIP 42166 (Summer Shade, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 42130 has a population of 175 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 42166 has 2,314 at 13 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 42130 reports a median household income of — against $49,783 in ZIP 42166, with per-capita income of $30,754 vs $26,442. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.2% in 42130 and 7.8% in 42166. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 32.4%, 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 $222,300 in 42130 versus $116,200 in 42166, with median rent of — and $902 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 79.5%. 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.