ZIP 58402 vs ZIP 58405

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58402 (Jamestown, ND) and ZIP 58405 (Jamestown, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58402 has a population of 260 at 583 people per square mile, while ZIP 58405 has 427 at 3,601 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 58402 reports a median household income of — against — in ZIP 58405, with per-capita income of $20,477 vs $6,255. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.3% in 58402 and 53.8% in 58405. Poverty rate reads 55.6% vs 100.0%, and unemployment 44.4% vs 10.0% — 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 — in 58402 versus — in 58405, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is — vs 0.0%. 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.