ZIP 50707 vs ZIP 50702

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