ZIP 56174 vs ZIP 56183

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56174 (Storden, MN) and ZIP 56183 (Westbrook, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56174 has a population of 357 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 56183 has 1,263 at 5 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 56174 reports a median household income of $74,688 against $45,536 in ZIP 56183, with per-capita income of $34,657 vs $34,511. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 56174 and 21.6% in 56183. Poverty rate reads 14.5% vs 19.5%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 2.4% — 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 $104,200 in 56174 versus $138,400 in 56183, with median rent of $979 and $620 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% vs 69.6%. 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.