ZIP 52625 vs ZIP 52619

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52625 (Donnellson, IA) and ZIP 52619 (Argyle, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52625 has a population of 2,802 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 52619 has 594 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 52625 reports a median household income of $80,078 against $73,438 in ZIP 52619, with per-capita income of $39,735 vs $48,217. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.4% in 52625 and 10.9% in 52619. Poverty rate reads 8.5% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 0.7% 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 $205,300 in 52625 versus $99,200 in 52619, with median rent of $642 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.9% vs 94.4%. 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.