ZIP 58258 vs ZIP 58205

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58258 (Mekinock, ND) and ZIP 58205 (Grand Forks Afb, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58258 has a population of 290 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 58205 has 260 at 623 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 58258 reports a median household income of $56,071 against — in ZIP 58205, with per-capita income of $36,002 vs $28,372. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.0% in 58258 and 0.0% in 58205. Poverty rate reads 1.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 6.7% 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 $98,700 in 58258 versus — in 58205, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.2% vs 0.0%. 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.