ZIP 46124 vs ZIP 47280

This side-by-side compares ZIP 46124 (Edinburgh, IN) and ZIP 47280 (Taylorsville, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 46124 has a population of 8,127 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 47280 has 813 at 299 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 46124 reports a median household income of $64,466 against — in ZIP 47280, with per-capita income of $33,239 vs $28,143. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.3% in 46124 and 17.9% in 47280. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 33.9%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 13.8% — 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 $184,700 in 46124 versus $169,100 in 47280, with median rent of $850 and $1,283 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.5% vs 69.8%. 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.