ZIP 56029 vs ZIP 56020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56029 (Emmons, MN) and ZIP 56020 (Conger, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56029 has a population of 744 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 56020 has 115 at 43 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 56029 reports a median household income of $67,857 against $83,750 in ZIP 56020, with per-capita income of $33,383 vs $31,653. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 56029 and 24.4% in 56020. Poverty rate reads 15.1% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 4.5% — 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 $122,100 in 56029 versus $112,500 in 56020, with median rent of $825 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.0% vs 100.0%. 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.