ZIP 56266 vs ZIP 56224

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56266 (Morgan, MN) and ZIP 56224 (Clements, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56266 has a population of 1,628 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 56224 has 333 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 56266 reports a median household income of $74,000 against $71,250 in ZIP 56224, with per-capita income of $35,496 vs $47,349. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.7% in 56266 and 11.0% in 56224. Poverty rate reads 9.2% vs 14.8%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 3.3% — 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 $143,400 in 56266 versus $115,000 in 56224, with median rent of $1,047 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.0% vs 93.6%. 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.