ZIP 50041 vs ZIP 50441

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50041 (Bradford, IA) and ZIP 50441 (Hampton, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50041 has a population of 92 at 84 people per square mile, while ZIP 50441 has 5,776 at 15 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 50041 reports a median household income of — against $49,910 in ZIP 50441, with per-capita income of $30,892 vs $33,884. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 50041 and 17.7% in 50441. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 15.4%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 5.9% — 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 — in 50041 versus $127,100 in 50441, with median rent of — and $621 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 24.4% vs 71.6%. 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.