ZIP 58278 vs ZIP 58275

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