ZIP 51510 vs ZIP 68110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 51510 (Carter Lake, IA) and ZIP 68110 (Omaha, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 51510 has a population of 3,785 at 793 people per square mile, while ZIP 68110 has 9,173 at 411 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 51510 reports a median household income of $85,349 against $39,813 in ZIP 68110, with per-capita income of $38,306 vs $19,536. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.5% in 51510 and 12.3% in 68110. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 28.2%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 13.3% — 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 $169,400 in 51510 versus $132,800 in 68110, with median rent of $1,323 and $960 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.0% vs 52.0%. 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.