ZIP 50101 vs ZIP 50071

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50101 (Galt, IA) and ZIP 50071 (Dows, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50101 has a population of 66 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 50071 has 1,007 at 3 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 50101 reports a median household income of $173,542 against $83,036 in ZIP 50071, with per-capita income of $53,795 vs $35,308. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.3% in 50101 and 20.9% in 50071. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.3% — 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 $45,000 in 50101 versus $74,100 in 50071, with median rent of — and $695 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.3% vs 78.7%. 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.