ZIP 58301 vs ZIP 58327

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58301 (Devils Lake, ND) and ZIP 58327 (Crary, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58301 has a population of 9,864 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 58327 has 390 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 58301 reports a median household income of $59,515 against $96,157 in ZIP 58327, with per-capita income of $38,531 vs $39,013. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.9% in 58301 and 15.4% in 58327. Poverty rate reads 16.3% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 1.3% 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 $205,000 in 58301 versus $242,000 in 58327, with median rent of $712 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.5% vs 97.2%. 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.