ZIP 47601 vs ZIP 47610

This side-by-side compares ZIP 47601 (Boonville, IN) and ZIP 47610 (Chandler, IN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 47601 has a population of 13,896 at 43 people per square mile, while ZIP 47610 has 5,195 at 56 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 47601 reports a median household income of $78,663 against $78,259 in ZIP 47610, with per-capita income of $42,980 vs $35,788. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 47601 and 21.1% in 47610. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 5.5% — 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 $194,500 in 47601 versus $164,900 in 47610, with median rent of $882 and $1,003 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.8% vs 88.4%. 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.