ZIP 58210 vs ZIP 58229

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58210 (Adams, ND) and ZIP 58229 (Fairdale, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58210 has a population of 322 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58229 has 114 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 58210 reports a median household income of $47,500 against $29,357 in ZIP 58229, with per-capita income of $43,064 vs $36,749. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.2% in 58210 and 17.4% in 58229. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 1.9% — 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 $88,300 in 58210 versus $108,700 in 58229, with median rent of $694 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% 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.