ZIP 58316 vs ZIP 58369

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58316 (Belcourt, ND) and ZIP 58369 (Saint John, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58316 has a population of 6,486 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 58369 has 1,231 at 7 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 58316 reports a median household income of $66,932 against $68,235 in ZIP 58369, with per-capita income of $23,389 vs $34,067. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.2% in 58316 and 15.6% in 58369. Poverty rate reads 26.0% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 4.5% 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 $90,800 in 58316 versus $135,000 in 58369, with median rent of $555 and $745 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 59.4% vs 81.6%. 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.