ZIP 47344 vs ZIP 47385

This side-by-side compares ZIP 47344 (Greensboro, IN) and ZIP 47385 (Spiceland, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 47344 has a population of 140 at 379 people per square mile, while ZIP 47385 has 1,612 at 42 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 47344 reports a median household income of — against $103,406 in ZIP 47385, with per-capita income of $28,105 vs $34,116. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.6% in 47344 and 29.2% in 47385. Poverty rate reads 2.8% vs 13.8%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.2% — 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 $104,600 in 47344 versus $211,200 in 47385, with median rent of — and $739 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.7% vs 72.6%. 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.