ZIP 58243 vs ZIP 58222

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58243 (Hoople, ND) and ZIP 58222 (Crystal, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58243 has a population of 539 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58222 has 295 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 58243 reports a median household income of $85,625 against $73,500 in ZIP 58222, with per-capita income of $36,374 vs $36,824. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 58243 and 26.9% in 58222. Poverty rate reads 9.0% vs 6.4%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 1.5% — 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 $109,600 in 58243 versus $101,300 in 58222, with median rent of $930 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.6% vs 89.4%. 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.