ZIP 58202 vs ZIP 58201

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58202 (Grand Forks, ND) and ZIP 58201 (Grand Forks, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58202 has a population of 1,839 at 4,317 people per square mile, while ZIP 58201 has 34,880 at 191 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 58202 reports a median household income of $29,600 against $68,143 in ZIP 58201, with per-capita income of $7,443 vs $45,278. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 100.0% in 58202 and 40.1% in 58201. Poverty rate reads 83.2% vs 13.3%, and unemployment 10.1% vs 2.3% — 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 — in 58202 versus $288,500 in 58201, with median rent of $1,346 and $987 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 5.6% vs 49.7%. 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.