ZIP 52640 vs ZIP 52660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52640 (Morning Sun, IA) and ZIP 52660 (Yarmouth, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52640 has a population of 1,447 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 52660 has 226 at 4 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 52640 reports a median household income of $67,813 against — in ZIP 52660, with per-capita income of $36,035 vs $59,677. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.3% in 52640 and 19.1% in 52660. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.3% 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 $125,800 in 52640 versus $213,200 in 52660, with median rent of $806 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.3% vs 65.5%. 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.