ZIP 50480 vs ZIP 50484

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50480 (Titonka, IA) and ZIP 50484 (Woden, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50480 has a population of 880 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 50484 has 444 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 50480 reports a median household income of $73,333 against $65,583 in ZIP 50484, with per-capita income of $43,389 vs $28,265. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.3% in 50480 and 17.6% in 50484. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 30.2%, and unemployment 0.6% vs 3.8% — 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 $90,000 in 50480 versus $101,000 in 50484, with median rent of $458 and $959 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.8% vs 82.4%. 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.