ZIP 50128 vs ZIP 50066

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50128 (Jamaica, IA) and ZIP 50066 (Dawson, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50128 has a population of 360 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 50066 has 262 at 4 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 50128 reports a median household income of $61,250 against $66,406 in ZIP 50066, with per-capita income of $38,940 vs $44,754. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.6% in 50128 and 24.0% in 50066. Poverty rate reads 24.7% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 9.4% — 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 $122,900 in 50128 versus $167,900 in 50066, with median rent of $498 and $1,344 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.9% vs 90.7%. 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.