ZIP 58214 vs ZIP 58204

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58214 (Arvilla, ND) and ZIP 58204 (Grand Forks Afb, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58214 has a population of 367 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58204 has 2,107 at 106 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 58214 reports a median household income of $111,944 against $73,145 in ZIP 58204, with per-capita income of $51,720 vs $23,362. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.8% in 58214 and 30.1% in 58204. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.8% — 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 $420,500 in 58214 versus $9,999 in 58204, with median rent of — and $1,626 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.2% vs 2.3%. 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.