ZIP 58033 vs ZIP 58490

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58033 (Fort Ransom, ND) and ZIP 58490 (Verona, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58033 has a population of 374 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58490 has 240 at 1 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 58033 reports a median household income of $90,000 against $115,625 in ZIP 58490, with per-capita income of $51,246 vs $41,953. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.3% in 58033 and 21.3% in 58490. Poverty rate reads 3.8% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $293,200 in 58033 versus $121,300 in 58490, with median rent of $350 and $1,102 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% vs 85.3%. 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.