ZIP 58227 vs ZIP 58262

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58227 (Edinburg, ND) and ZIP 58262 (Mountain, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58227 has a population of 504 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58262 has 134 at 3 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 58227 reports a median household income of $78,264 against $105,000 in ZIP 58262, with per-capita income of $41,619 vs $38,255. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 58227 and 18.7% in 58262. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 3.2% — 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 $115,200 in 58227 versus $142,500 in 58262, with median rent of $636 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.7% vs 76.7%. 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.