ZIP 58426 vs ZIP 58492

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58426 (Courtenay, ND) and ZIP 58492 (Wimbledon, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58426 has a population of 200 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58492 has 481 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 58426 reports a median household income of $91,071 against $117,670 in ZIP 58492, with per-capita income of $25,532 vs $78,691. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.8% in 58426 and 34.7% in 58492. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 7.2% — 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 — in 58426 versus $285,000 in 58492, with median rent of — and $625 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.5% vs 92.2%. 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.