ZIP 58061 vs ZIP 58008

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58061 (Mooreton, ND) and ZIP 58008 (Barney, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58061 has a population of 413 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 58008 has 229 at 2 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 58061 reports a median household income of $93,125 against $119,167 in ZIP 58008, with per-capita income of $36,173 vs $65,305. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.7% in 58061 and 22.8% in 58008. Poverty rate reads 15.7% vs 3.2%, and unemployment 2.5% 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 $206,700 in 58061 versus — in 58008, with median rent of $525 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.0% 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.