ZIP 58068 vs ZIP 58052

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58068 (Sheldon, ND) and ZIP 58052 (Leonard, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58068 has a population of 321 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58052 has 581 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 58068 reports a median household income of $60,833 against $87,813 in ZIP 58052, with per-capita income of $45,957 vs $43,866. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.8% in 58068 and 25.0% in 58052. Poverty rate reads 0.7% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 3.1% — 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 $102,800 in 58068 versus $253,800 in 58052, with median rent of — and $589 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 80.9%. 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.