ZIP 52660 vs ZIP 52640

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