ZIP 59740 vs ZIP 59755

This side-by-side compares ZIP 59740 (Mc Allister, MT) and ZIP 59755 (Virginia City, MT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 59740 has a population of 495 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 59755 has 210 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 59740 reports a median household income of — against $96,250 in ZIP 59755, with per-capita income of $44,440 vs $40,481. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.1% in 59740 and 17.1% in 59755. Poverty rate reads 7.5% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $674,100 in 59740 versus $394,400 in 59755, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 88.8%. 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.