ZIP 51576 vs ZIP 51548

This side-by-side compares ZIP 51576 (Underwood, IA) and ZIP 51548 (Mc Clelland, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 51576 has a population of 2,110 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 51548 has 433 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 51576 reports a median household income of $110,476 against $114,583 in ZIP 51548, with per-capita income of $47,631 vs $43,879. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.1% in 51576 and 36.1% in 51548. Poverty rate reads 1.7% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 0.0% — 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 $305,400 in 51576 versus $275,000 in 51548, with median rent of $1,172 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.2% vs 93.5%. 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.