ZIP 52218 vs ZIP 52330

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52218 (Coggon, IA) and ZIP 52330 (Ryan, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52218 has a population of 1,788 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 52330 has 900 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 52218 reports a median household income of $82,344 against $86,536 in ZIP 52330, with per-capita income of $44,668 vs $38,863. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.3% in 52218 and 38.9% in 52330. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 0.9% 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 $180,700 in 52218 versus $260,600 in 52330, with median rent of $642 and $660 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.3% vs 70.8%. 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.