ZIP 50702 vs ZIP 50707

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50702 (Waterloo, IA) and ZIP 50707 (Evansdale, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50702 has a population of 19,970 at 816 people per square mile, while ZIP 50707 has 8,509 at 340 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 50702 reports a median household income of $62,021 against $63,441 in ZIP 50707, with per-capita income of $32,071 vs $34,543. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 50702 and 12.9% in 50707. Poverty rate reads 13.5% vs 18.9%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 5.3% — 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 $150,500 in 50702 versus $153,700 in 50707, with median rent of $971 and $951 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.2% vs 69.2%. 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.