ZIP 58220 vs ZIP 58282

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58220 (Cavalier, ND) and ZIP 58282 (Walhalla, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58220 has a population of 2,360 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 58282 has 1,441 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 58220 reports a median household income of $61,199 against $52,083 in ZIP 58282, with per-capita income of $41,235 vs $35,544. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.2% in 58220 and 20.7% in 58282. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 16.0%, and unemployment 6.0% 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 $183,200 in 58220 versus $107,300 in 58282, with median rent of $801 and $634 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.5% vs 74.1%. 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.