ZIP 58249 vs ZIP 58352

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58249 (Langdon, ND) and ZIP 58352 (Munich, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58249 has a population of 2,574 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58352 has 435 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 58249 reports a median household income of $64,571 against $94,000 in ZIP 58352, with per-capita income of $46,326 vs $50,210. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 58249 and 24.5% in 58352. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 2.2% — 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 $148,500 in 58249 versus $120,500 in 58352, with median rent of $794 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.7% vs 89.7%. 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.