ZIP 50430 vs ZIP 50577

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50430 (Corwith, IA) and ZIP 50577 (Renwick, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50430 has a population of 518 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 50577 has 410 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 50430 reports a median household income of $59,265 against $57,500 in ZIP 50577, with per-capita income of $23,995 vs $50,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.0% in 50430 and 9.6% in 50577. Poverty rate reads 46.0% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 0.5% 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 $75,700 in 50430 versus $107,400 in 50577, with median rent of $631 and $746 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.0% vs 89.1%. 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.