ZIP 58416 vs ZIP 58452

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58416 (Binford, ND) and ZIP 58452 (Jessie, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58416 has a population of 440 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58452 has 27 at 6 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 58416 reports a median household income of $58,438 against — in ZIP 58452, with per-capita income of $35,455 vs $38,800. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.0% in 58416 and 37.5% in 58452. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 37.5%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 60.0% — 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 $102,500 in 58416 versus — in 58452, with median rent of $408 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% 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.