ZIP 58540 vs ZIP 58577

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58540 (Garrison, ND) and ZIP 58577 (Washburn, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58540 has a population of 2,449 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58577 has 1,671 at 3 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 58540 reports a median household income of $76,319 against $74,471 in ZIP 58577, with per-capita income of $41,887 vs $43,159. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.8% in 58540 and 28.7% in 58577. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 0.3% vs 0.4% — 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 $228,000 in 58540 versus $260,100 in 58577, with median rent of $643 and $829 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.0% vs 74.1%. 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.