ZIP 58216 vs ZIP 58238

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58216 (Bathgate, ND) and ZIP 58238 (Hamilton, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58216 has a population of 153 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58238 has 167 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 58216 reports a median household income of $94,375 against $134,107 in ZIP 58238, with per-capita income of $40,466 vs $60,572. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.6% in 58216 and 24.8% in 58238. Poverty rate reads 20.5% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 1.3% 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 $111,500 in 58216 versus $146,900 in 58238, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.8% 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.