ZIP 58452 vs ZIP 58416

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58452 (Jessie, ND) and ZIP 58416 (Binford, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58452 has a population of 27 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 58416 has 440 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 58452 reports a median household income of — against $58,438 in ZIP 58416, with per-capita income of $38,800 vs $35,455. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.5% in 58452 and 26.0% in 58416. Poverty rate reads 37.5% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 60.0% vs 3.9% — 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 58452 versus $102,500 in 58416, with median rent of — and $408 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 71.6%. 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.