ZIP 46140 vs ZIP 46040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 46140 (Greenfield, 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 46140 has a population of 38,543 at 88 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 46140 reports a median household income of $83,056 against $147,500 in ZIP 46040, with per-capita income of $44,383 vs $61,503. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.6% in 46140 and 50.4% in 46040. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 2.7% 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 $233,500 in 46140 versus $435,700 in 46040, with median rent of $1,154 and $1,528 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.9% 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.