ZIP 58357 vs ZIP 58374

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58357 (Oberon, ND) and ZIP 58374 (Sheyenne, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58357 has a population of 364 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58374 has 640 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 58357 reports a median household income of $76,458 against $64,688 in ZIP 58374, with per-capita income of $30,765 vs $44,525. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.0% in 58357 and 35.2% in 58374. Poverty rate reads 22.7% vs 24.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.2% — 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 $60,600 in 58357 versus $150,700 in 58374, with median rent of — and $441 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 82.0%. 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.