ZIP 51345 vs ZIP 51354

This side-by-side compares ZIP 51345 (Harris, IA) and ZIP 51354 (Ocheyedan, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 51345 has a population of 403 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 51354 has 1,096 at 5 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 51345 reports a median household income of $54,301 against $72,639 in ZIP 51354, with per-capita income of $40,566 vs $45,676. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.1% in 51345 and 5.6% in 51354. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 9.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.4% — 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 $141,700 in 51345 versus $115,400 in 51354, with median rent of $950 and $923 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 40.0% vs 81.2%. 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.