ZIP 46920 vs ZIP 46913

This side-by-side compares ZIP 46920 (Cutler, IN) and ZIP 46913 (Bringhurst, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 46920 has a population of 1,045 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 46913 has 1,329 at 16 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 46920 reports a median household income of $100,074 against $91,136 in ZIP 46913, with per-capita income of $35,567 vs $38,839. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.7% in 46920 and 29.1% in 46913. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 2.8% — 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 $280,500 in 46920 versus $171,800 in 46913, with median rent of — and $905 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.0% vs 90.9%. 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.