ZIP 58275 vs ZIP 58278

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58275 (Reynolds, ND) and ZIP 58278 (Thompson, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58275 has a population of 733 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 58278 has 1,988 at 6 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 58275 reports a median household income of $105,385 against $111,250 in ZIP 58278, with per-capita income of $53,117 vs $48,820. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.1% in 58275 and 41.1% in 58278. Poverty rate reads 1.4% vs 4.1%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 2.8% — 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 $214,300 in 58275 versus $313,400 in 58278, with median rent of $1,375 and $817 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 94.5%. 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.