ZIP 50275 vs ZIP 50151

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50275 (Woodburn, IA) and ZIP 50151 (Lucas, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50275 has a population of 532 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 50151 has 724 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 50275 reports a median household income of $72,232 against $91,061 in ZIP 50151, with per-capita income of $38,410 vs $36,622. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.5% in 50275 and 18.8% in 50151. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 0.8% 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 $122,400 in 50275 versus $149,400 in 50151, with median rent of — and $1,714 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.0% vs 87.5%. 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.