ZIP 50449 vs ZIP 50439

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50449 (Klemme, IA) and ZIP 50439 (Goodell, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50449 has a population of 724 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 50439 has 289 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 50449 reports a median household income of $59,524 against $94,167 in ZIP 50439, with per-capita income of $27,408 vs $28,810. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.8% in 50449 and 24.9% in 50439. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 5.9%, and unemployment 1.0% 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 $94,800 in 50449 versus $80,000 in 50439, with median rent of $477 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.8% vs 93.8%. 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.