ZIP 58731 vs ZIP 58785

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58731 (Deering, ND) and ZIP 58785 (Surrey, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58731 has a population of 300 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 58785 has 1,091 at 9 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 58731 reports a median household income of $102,083 against $105,375 in ZIP 58785, with per-capita income of $48,116 vs $40,295. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.0% in 58731 and 28.0% in 58785. Poverty rate reads 0.7% vs 1.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.1% — 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 $200,000 in 58731 versus $317,200 in 58785, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.0% vs 94.8%. 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.