ZIP 52078 vs ZIP 52040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52078 (Worthington, IA) and ZIP 52040 (Dyersville, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52078 has a population of 914 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 52040 has 5,526 at 35 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 52078 reports a median household income of $97,778 against $84,761 in ZIP 52040, with per-capita income of $35,127 vs $44,803. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.6% in 52078 and 27.4% in 52040. Poverty rate reads 1.7% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.5% — 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 $237,500 in 52078 versus $242,300 in 52040, with median rent of — and $1,097 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 97.2% vs 82.7%. 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.