ZIP 50483 vs ZIP 50430

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50483 (Wesley, IA) and ZIP 50430 (Corwith, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50483 has a population of 781 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 50430 has 518 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 50483 reports a median household income of $88,929 against $59,265 in ZIP 50430, with per-capita income of $38,732 vs $23,995. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.9% in 50483 and 19.0% in 50430. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 46.0%, and unemployment 2.0% 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 $142,500 in 50483 versus $75,700 in 50430, with median rent of $713 and $631 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 78.0%. 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.