ZIP 58021 vs ZIP 58059

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58021 (Davenport, ND) and ZIP 58059 (Mapleton, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58021 has a population of 447 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 58059 has 1,168 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 58021 reports a median household income of $108,750 against $115,469 in ZIP 58059, with per-capita income of $46,613 vs $42,734. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.1% in 58021 and 39.1% in 58059. Poverty rate reads 0.7% vs 1.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.6% — 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 $244,800 in 58021 versus $331,800 in 58059, with median rent of — and $1,303 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 99.0% vs 92.2%. 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.