ZIP 52760 vs ZIP 52720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52760 (Moscow, IA) and ZIP 52720 (Atalissa, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52760 has a population of 533 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 52720 has 861 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 52760 reports a median household income of $86,397 against $73,571 in ZIP 52720, with per-capita income of $47,564 vs $35,283. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 1.7% in 52760 and 13.4% in 52720. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 1.9% — 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 $143,300 in 52760 versus $275,800 in 52720, with median rent of — and $775 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 88.8%. 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.