ZIP 56336 vs ZIP 56318

This side-by-side compares ZIP 56336 (Grey Eagle, MN) and ZIP 56318 (Burtrum, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 56336 has a population of 1,514 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 56318 has 1,238 at 12 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 56336 reports a median household income of $82,679 against $84,297 in ZIP 56318, with per-capita income of $49,926 vs $44,503. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.5% in 56336 and 21.5% in 56318. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 1.8% — 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 $331,400 in 56336 versus $272,200 in 56318, with median rent of $650 and $763 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 90.3%. 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.