ZIP 58722 vs ZIP 58733

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58722 (Burlington, ND) and ZIP 58733 (Des Lacs, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58722 has a population of 1,516 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 58733 has 402 at 2 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 58722 reports a median household income of $85,417 against $101,429 in ZIP 58733, with per-capita income of $41,296 vs $57,116. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.3% in 58722 and 31.8% in 58733. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 0.6%, and unemployment 6.4% 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 $275,000 in 58722 versus $216,000 in 58733, with median rent of $1,144 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.8% vs 98.6%. 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.