ZIP 58448 vs ZIP 58429

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58448 (Hannaford, ND) and ZIP 58429 (Dazey, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58448 has a population of 347 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58429 has 357 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 58448 reports a median household income of $60,714 against $70,972 in ZIP 58429, with per-capita income of $33,402 vs $46,719. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.2% in 58448 and 16.1% in 58429. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 4.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $111,500 in 58448 versus $177,100 in 58429, with median rent of $469 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.2% vs 92.3%. 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.