ZIP 50670 vs ZIP 50660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50670 (Shell Rock, IA) and ZIP 50660 (New Hartford, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50670 has a population of 2,024 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 50660 has 1,333 at 13 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 50670 reports a median household income of $84,679 against $95,969 in ZIP 50660, with per-capita income of $39,355 vs $39,455. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 50670 and 20.2% in 50660. Poverty rate reads 4.9% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 1.6% — 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 $171,500 in 50670 versus $190,900 in 50660, with median rent of $931 and $954 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.2% vs 86.2%. 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.