ZIP 42202 vs ZIP 42265

This side-by-side compares ZIP 42202 (Adairville, KY) and ZIP 42265 (Olmstead, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 42202 has a population of 2,389 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 42265 has 820 at 6 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 42202 reports a median household income of $62,656 against — in ZIP 42265, with per-capita income of $33,736 vs $34,542. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.0% in 42202 and 55.7% in 42265. Poverty rate reads 21.0% vs 5.1%, and unemployment 6.2% 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 $139,400 in 42202 versus $369,100 in 42265, with median rent of $608 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.5% vs 100.0%. 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.