ZIP 55073 vs ZIP 55047

This side-by-side compares ZIP 55073 (Scandia, MN) and ZIP 55047 (Marine On Saint Croix, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 55073 has a population of 3,237 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 55047 has 2,528 at 33 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 55073 reports a median household income of $128,723 against $107,361 in ZIP 55047, with per-capita income of $53,362 vs $73,679. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.3% in 55073 and 53.1% in 55047. Poverty rate reads 1.8% vs 2.4%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 1.1% — 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 $462,400 in 55073 versus $497,900 in 55047, with median rent of $991 and $2,109 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.0% 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.