ZIP 58212 vs ZIP 58254

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58212 (Aneta, ND) and ZIP 58254 (Mcville, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58212 has a population of 474 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58254 has 513 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 58212 reports a median household income of $60,972 against $86,563 in ZIP 58254, with per-capita income of $63,420 vs $40,483. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.9% in 58212 and 35.1% in 58254. Poverty rate reads 5.5% vs 6.4%, and unemployment 0.6% 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 $99,100 in 58212 versus $143,800 in 58254, with median rent of — and $583 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.9% vs 70.0%. 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.