ZIP 50454 vs ZIP 50476

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50454 (Little Cedar, IA) and ZIP 50476 (Stacyville, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50454 has a population of 127 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 50476 has 804 at 8 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 50454 reports a median household income of $63,864 against $62,188 in ZIP 50476, with per-capita income of $25,330 vs $49,996. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.8% in 50454 and 17.6% in 50476. Poverty rate reads 6.6% vs 15.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.5% — 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 — in 50454 versus $119,500 in 50476, with median rent of — and $664 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 87.0%. 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.