ZIP 50060 vs ZIP 50165

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50060 (Corydon, IA) and ZIP 50165 (Millerton, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50060 has a population of 2,507 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 50165 has 49 at 8 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 50060 reports a median household income of $63,438 against $89,375 in ZIP 50165, with per-capita income of $40,802 vs $41,568. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.4% in 50060 and 20.7% in 50165. Poverty rate reads 7.6% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 0.0% — 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 $117,300 in 50060 versus $135,900 in 50165, with median rent of $780 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.0% vs 100.0%. 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.