ZIP 58504 vs ZIP 58501

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58504 (Bismarck, ND) and ZIP 58501 (Bismarck, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58504 has a population of 24,342 at 91 people per square mile, while ZIP 58501 has 28,055 at 446 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 58504 reports a median household income of $85,637 against $68,755 in ZIP 58501, with per-capita income of $43,189 vs $40,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.4% in 58504 and 34.3% in 58501. Poverty rate reads 8.2% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 4.4% — 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 $295,700 in 58504 versus $279,700 in 58501, with median rent of $960 and $906 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.4% vs 62.7%. 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.