ZIP 47130 vs ZIP 40206

This side-by-side compares ZIP 47130 (Jeffersonville, IN) and ZIP 40206 (Louisville, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 47130 has a population of 44,722 at 507 people per square mile, while ZIP 40206 has 18,865 at 1,271 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 47130 reports a median household income of $70,290 against $75,798 in ZIP 40206, with per-capita income of $38,146 vs $55,286. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.1% in 47130 and 56.7% in 40206. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 11.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.6% — 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 $214,000 in 47130 versus $273,900 in 40206, with median rent of $1,150 and $1,187 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.5% vs 52.6%. 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.