ZIP 58224 vs ZIP 58231

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58224 (Dahlen, ND) and ZIP 58231 (Fordville, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58224 has a population of 41 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58231 has 490 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 58224 reports a median household income of $128,125 against $85,833 in ZIP 58231, with per-capita income of $51,114 vs $44,589. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 50.0% in 58224 and 21.9% in 58231. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 2.8%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 — in 58224 versus $95,000 in 58231, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 91.2%. 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.