ZIP 58277 vs ZIP 58230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58277 (Sharon, ND) and ZIP 58230 (Finley, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58277 has a population of 225 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58230 has 663 at 2 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 58277 reports a median household income of $70,208 against $81,250 in ZIP 58230, with per-capita income of $43,416 vs $42,762. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.5% in 58277 and 27.6% in 58230. Poverty rate reads 17.9% vs 25.0%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 2.9% — 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 $210,300 in 58277 versus $91,700 in 58230, with median rent of — and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.1% vs 77.4%. 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.