ZIP 56187 vs ZIP 56110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56187 (Worthington, MN) and ZIP 56110 (Adrian, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56187 has a population of 14,170 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 56110 has 1,843 at 7 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 56187 reports a median household income of $64,326 against $77,875 in ZIP 56110, with per-capita income of $29,235 vs $36,870. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.4% in 56187 and 24.0% in 56110. Poverty rate reads 16.3% vs 7.3%, and unemployment 3.6% 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 $219,000 in 56187 versus $176,400 in 56110, with median rent of $925 and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.3% vs 87.9%. 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.