ZIP 59910 vs ZIP 59914

This side-by-side compares ZIP 59910 (Big Arm, MT) and ZIP 59914 (Dayton, MT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 59910 has a population of 356 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 59914 has 234 at 7 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 59910 reports a median household income of $99,886 against $83,750 in ZIP 59914, with per-capita income of $50,715 vs $54,732. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.5% in 59910 and 45.0% in 59914. Poverty rate reads 21.1% vs 15.9%, and unemployment 16.5% vs 13.6% — 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 $588,500 in 59910 versus $1,214,300 in 59914, with median rent of — and $1,375 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.3% vs 71.5%. 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.