ZIP 47525 vs ZIP 47520

This side-by-side compares ZIP 47525 (Derby, IN) and ZIP 47520 (Cannelton, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 47525 has a population of 382 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 47520 has 3,267 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 47525 reports a median household income of — against $50,882 in ZIP 47520, with per-capita income of $43,312 vs $31,479. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.8% in 47525 and 13.7% in 47520. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 22.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.3% — 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 $210,700 in 47525 versus $162,200 in 47520, with median rent of — and $736 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.8% vs 71.3%. 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.