ZIP 58466 vs ZIP 58431

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58466 (Marion, ND) and ZIP 58431 (Dickey, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58466 has a population of 355 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58431 has 132 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 58466 reports a median household income of $77,448 against $62,083 in ZIP 58431, with per-capita income of $47,424 vs $41,355. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.8% in 58466 and 43.0% in 58431. Poverty rate reads 1.4% vs 0.0%, 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 $117,500 in 58466 versus $105,800 in 58431, with median rent of $669 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 81.3%. 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.