ZIP 50262 vs ZIP 50264

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50262 (Van Wert, 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 50262 has a population of 453 at 5 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 50262 reports a median household income of $81,875 against $64,545 in ZIP 50264, with per-capita income of $45,749 vs $29,088. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.3% in 50262 and 10.5% in 50264. Poverty rate reads 3.8% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 2.4% 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 $83,800 in 50262 versus $136,100 in 50264, with median rent of $775 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.0% 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.