ZIP 46048 vs ZIP 46040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 46048 (Ingalls, IN) and ZIP 46040 (Fortville, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 46048 has a population of 2,406 at 687 people per square mile, while ZIP 46040 has 9,944 at 115 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 46048 reports a median household income of $72,102 against $147,500 in ZIP 46040, with per-capita income of $27,173 vs $61,503. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 46048 and 50.4% in 46040. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.0% — 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 $178,500 in 46048 versus $435,700 in 46040, with median rent of $1,379 and $1,528 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.7% vs 85.6%. 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.