ZIP 56343 vs ZIP 56327

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