ZIP 42410 vs ZIP 42440

This side-by-side compares ZIP 42410 (Earlington, KY) and ZIP 42440 (Mortons Gap, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 42410 has a population of 1,460 at 214 people per square mile, while ZIP 42440 has 748 at 289 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 42410 reports a median household income of $38,194 against — in ZIP 42440, with per-capita income of $19,026 vs $21,267. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.5% in 42410 and 5.8% in 42440. Poverty rate reads 39.3% vs 24.6%, and unemployment 4.7% 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 $64,000 in 42410 versus $96,800 in 42440, with median rent of $680 and $675 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.4% vs 83.2%. 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.