ZIP 51445 vs ZIP 51025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 51445 (Ida Grove, IA) and ZIP 51025 (Holstein, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 51445 has a population of 2,867 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 51025 has 1,989 at 7 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 51445 reports a median household income of $64,688 against $65,543 in ZIP 51025, with per-capita income of $41,956 vs $42,066. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.3% in 51445 and 32.5% in 51025. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 1.0% — 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 $114,800 in 51445 versus $119,200 in 51025, with median rent of $695 and $825 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.2% vs 76.8%. 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.