ZIP 58541 vs ZIP 58625

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58541 (Golden Valley, ND) and ZIP 58625 (Dodge, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58541 has a population of 364 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58625 has 185 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 58541 reports a median household income of $98,000 against — in ZIP 58625, with per-capita income of $47,625 vs $87,909. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.0% in 58541 and 18.8% in 58625. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 0.9% vs 2.5% — 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 $205,800 in 58541 versus — in 58625, with median rent of $1,313 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.3% vs 95.0%. 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.