ZIP 42539 vs ZIP 42528

This side-by-side compares ZIP 42539 (Liberty, KY) and ZIP 42528 (Dunnville, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 42539 has a population of 10,026 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 42528 has 1,524 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 42539 reports a median household income of $40,862 against $50,227 in ZIP 42528, with per-capita income of $23,330 vs $27,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.9% in 42539 and 15.7% in 42528. Poverty rate reads 21.9% vs 29.2%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 16.2% — 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 $130,500 in 42539 versus $158,800 in 42528, with median rent of $674 and $600 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.5% vs 75.9%. 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.