ZIP 50213 vs ZIP 50264

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50213 (Osceola, IA) and ZIP 50264 (Weldon, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50213 has a population of 6,812 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 50264 has 466 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 50213 reports a median household income of $73,026 against $64,545 in ZIP 50264, with per-capita income of $38,603 vs $29,088. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.6% in 50213 and 10.5% in 50264. Poverty rate reads 7.3% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 5.6% — 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 $165,500 in 50213 versus $136,100 in 50264, with median rent of $939 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.8% vs 78.1%. 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.