ZIP 63013 vs ZIP 63056

This side-by-side compares ZIP 63013 (Beaufort, MO) and ZIP 63056 (Leslie, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 63013 has a population of 1,589 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 63056 has 2,002 at 13 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 63013 reports a median household income of $99,337 against $75,517 in ZIP 63056, with per-capita income of $47,621 vs $38,849. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.7% in 63013 and 29.9% in 63056. Poverty rate reads 1.1% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 2.2% — 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 $290,700 in 63013 versus $211,300 in 63056, with median rent of — and $1,039 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.4% vs 84.6%. 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.