ZIP 58639 vs ZIP 58649

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58639 (Hettinger, ND) and ZIP 58649 (Reeder, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58639 has a population of 1,816 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58649 has 321 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 58639 reports a median household income of $63,636 against $68,839 in ZIP 58649, with per-capita income of $38,670 vs $35,597. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.9% in 58639 and 9.6% in 58649. Poverty rate reads 12.9% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 2.6% 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 $116,500 in 58639 versus $72,500 in 58649, with median rent of $568 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% vs 78.8%. 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.