ZIP 47519 vs ZIP 47558

This side-by-side compares ZIP 47519 (Cannelburg, IN) and ZIP 47558 (Montgomery, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 47519 has a population of 513 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 47558 has 4,406 at 20 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 47519 reports a median household income of $75,588 against $91,184 in ZIP 47558, with per-capita income of $30,627 vs $30,015. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.9% in 47519 and 14.6% in 47558. Poverty rate reads 23.7% vs 3.1%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 0.1% — 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 $230,900 in 47519 versus $269,700 in 47558, with median rent of — and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.9% vs 90.0%. 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.