ZIP 50153 vs ZIP 50251

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50153 (Lynnville, IA) and ZIP 50251 (Sully, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50153 has a population of 734 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 50251 has 1,270 at 12 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 50153 reports a median household income of $73,798 against $91,061 in ZIP 50251, with per-capita income of $50,261 vs $41,791. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 50153 and 22.2% in 50251. Poverty rate reads 3.3% vs 3.2%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 3.1% — 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 $181,300 in 50153 versus $186,200 in 50251, with median rent of $614 and $831 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.1% vs 81.7%. 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.