ZIP 58740 vs ZIP 58704

This side-by-side compares ZIP 58740 (Glenburn, ND) and ZIP 58704 (Minot Afb, ND) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 58740 has a population of 755 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 58704 has 4,770 at 1,064 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 58740 reports a median household income of $87,321 against $62,500 in ZIP 58704, with per-capita income of $42,741 vs $23,945. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.7% in 58740 and 29.9% in 58704. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 1.2%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 2.6% — 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 $194,100 in 58740 versus — in 58704, with median rent of $1,326 and $1,431 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 0.4%. 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.