ZIP 50276 vs ZIP 50039

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50276 (Woodward, IA) and ZIP 50039 (Bouton, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50276 has a population of 2,517 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 50039 has 329 at 5 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 50276 reports a median household income of $91,827 against $86,250 in ZIP 50039, with per-capita income of $33,121 vs $37,044. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.5% in 50276 and 13.5% in 50039. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 9.0%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 0.6% — 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 $289,000 in 50276 versus — in 50039, with median rent of — and $986 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.4% vs 72.4%. 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.