ZIP 58048 vs ZIP 58006

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58048 (Hunter, ND) and ZIP 58006 (Arthur, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58048 has a population of 418 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58006 has 427 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 58048 reports a median household income of $100,227 against $95,313 in ZIP 58006, with per-capita income of $41,194 vs $42,635. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.0% in 58048 and 28.7% in 58006. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 1.1%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 1.5% — 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 $175,000 in 58048 versus $260,900 in 58006, with median rent of $708 and $645 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.1% vs 89.4%. 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.