ZIP 58501 vs ZIP 58503

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58501 (Bismarck, ND) and ZIP 58503 (Bismarck, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58501 has a population of 28,055 at 446 people per square mile, while ZIP 58503 has 25,734 at 75 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 58501 reports a median household income of $68,755 against $102,333 in ZIP 58503, with per-capita income of $40,343 vs $52,843. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.3% in 58501 and 48.4% in 58503. Poverty rate reads 12.3% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 0.8% — 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 $279,700 in 58501 versus $393,700 in 58503, with median rent of $906 and $1,132 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.7% vs 74.3%. 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.