ZIP 50122 vs ZIP 50230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50122 (Hubbard, IA) and ZIP 50230 (Radcliffe, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50122 has a population of 1,373 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 50230 has 1,083 at 5 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 50122 reports a median household income of $81,739 against $87,778 in ZIP 50230, with per-capita income of $43,033 vs $38,884. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.8% in 50122 and 20.1% in 50230. Poverty rate reads 3.8% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 2.6% — 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 $115,500 in 50122 versus $165,300 in 50230, with median rent of $614 and $529 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.6% vs 84.4%. 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.