ZIP 55088 vs ZIP 55020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 55088 (Webster, MN) and ZIP 55020 (Elko New Market, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 55088 has a population of 1,704 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 55020 has 3,717 at 58 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 55088 reports a median household income of $132,917 against $131,071 in ZIP 55020, with per-capita income of $53,241 vs $53,372. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.1% in 55088 and 36.8% in 55020. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 0.7%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 1.5% — 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 $510,300 in 55088 versus $455,500 in 55020, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 99.2% vs 99.0%. 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.