ZIP 58036 vs ZIP 58005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58036 (Gardner, ND) and ZIP 58005 (Argusville, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58036 has a population of 274 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58005 has 854 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 58036 reports a median household income of $100,625 against $142,917 in ZIP 58005, with per-capita income of $45,110 vs $57,086. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.9% in 58036 and 52.0% in 58005. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 1.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.8% — 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 $292,200 in 58036 versus $356,800 in 58005, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 99.2% vs 100.0%. 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.