ZIP 56327 vs ZIP 56343

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56327 (Farwell, MN) and ZIP 56343 (Kensington, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56327 has a population of 803 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 56343 has 926 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 56327 reports a median household income of $85,000 against $64,659 in ZIP 56343, with per-capita income of $48,535 vs $46,914. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.9% in 56327 and 17.7% in 56343. Poverty rate reads 4.1% vs 8.9%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 0.9% — 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 $382,300 in 56327 versus $252,400 in 56343, with median rent of — and $820 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.5% vs 90.2%. 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.