ZIP 58355 vs ZIP 58229

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58355 (Nekoma, ND) and ZIP 58229 (Fairdale, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58355 has a population of 84 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58229 has 114 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 58355 reports a median household income of $104,375 against $29,357 in ZIP 58229, with per-capita income of $83,241 vs $36,749. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.2% in 58355 and 17.4% in 58229. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.9% — 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 $112,500 in 58355 versus $108,700 in 58229, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 100.0%. 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.