ZIP 46162 vs ZIP 46110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 46162 (Needham, IN) and ZIP 46110 (Boggstown, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 46162 has a population of 458 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 46110 has 500 at 13 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 46162 reports a median household income of $117,969 against $68,714 in ZIP 46110, with per-capita income of $44,702 vs $31,529. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.7% in 46162 and 10.7% in 46110. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 9.0% — 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 $475,000 in 46162 versus $220,500 in 46110, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 100.0%. 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.