ZIP 56023 vs ZIP 56025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56023 (Delavan, MN) and ZIP 56025 (Easton, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56023 has a population of 485 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 56025 has 507 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 56023 reports a median household income of $77,969 against $91,786 in ZIP 56025, with per-capita income of $39,386 vs $40,673. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 56023 and 31.1% in 56025. Poverty rate reads 20.9% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 1.4% — 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 $150,000 in 56023 versus $170,000 in 56025, with median rent of $986 and $1,000 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.5% vs 89.9%. 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.