ZIP 50240 vs ZIP 50033

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50240 (Saint Charles, IA) and ZIP 50033 (Bevington, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50240 has a population of 2,453 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 50033 has 44 at 153 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 50240 reports a median household income of $107,563 against $56,250 in ZIP 50033, with per-capita income of $45,732 vs $28,433. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.5% in 50240 and 45.5% in 50033. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 33.3%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 0.0% — 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 $305,800 in 50240 versus — in 50033, with median rent of $855 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.8% vs 66.7%. 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.