ZIP 58062 vs ZIP 58031

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58062 (Nome, ND) and ZIP 58031 (Fingal, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58062 has a population of 174 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58031 has 414 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 58062 reports a median household income of $72,250 against $57,438 in ZIP 58031, with per-capita income of $47,469 vs $47,365. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.2% in 58062 and 13.4% in 58031. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $147,900 in 58062 versus $70,800 in 58031, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 93.0%. 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.