ZIP 51652 vs ZIP 51640

This side-by-side compares ZIP 51652 (Sidney, IA) and ZIP 51640 (Hamburg, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 51652 has a population of 1,783 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 51640 has 1,748 at 6 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 51652 reports a median household income of $82,200 against $65,385 in ZIP 51640, with per-capita income of $51,241 vs $36,780. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.0% in 51652 and 18.4% in 51640. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs 6.7%, and unemployment 0.5% 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 $134,800 in 51652 versus $122,900 in 51640, with median rent of $813 and $729 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.2% vs 79.1%. 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.