ZIP 58042 vs ZIP 58005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58042 (Harwood, 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 58042 has a population of 1,386 at 12 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 58042 reports a median household income of $137,500 against $142,917 in ZIP 58005, with per-capita income of $67,319 vs $57,086. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.6% in 58042 and 52.0% in 58005. Poverty rate reads 2.8% vs 1.0%, and unemployment 0.5% 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 $347,100 in 58042 versus $356,800 in 58005, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.1% 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.