ZIP 59072 vs ZIP 59015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 59072 (Roundup, MT) and ZIP 59015 (Broadview, MT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 59072 has a population of 4,140 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 59015 has 576 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 59072 reports a median household income of $59,594 against $69,583 in ZIP 59015, with per-capita income of $33,637 vs $35,734. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 59072 and 27.4% in 59015. Poverty rate reads 16.9% vs 15.7%, and unemployment 9.4% vs 5.3% — 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 $241,200 in 59072 versus $237,500 in 59015, with median rent of $1,254 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.1% vs 88.9%. 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.