ZIP 58031 vs ZIP 58027

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58031 (Fingal, ND) and ZIP 58027 (Enderlin, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58031 has a population of 414 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58027 has 1,391 at 3 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 58031 reports a median household income of $57,438 against $75,774 in ZIP 58027, with per-capita income of $47,365 vs $42,580. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% in 58031 and 21.1% in 58027. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.0% — 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 $70,800 in 58031 versus $159,500 in 58027, with median rent of — and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.0% vs 80.0%. 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.