ZIP 63050 vs ZIP 63051

This side-by-side compares ZIP 63050 (Hillsboro, MO) and ZIP 63051 (House Springs, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 63050 has a population of 15,716 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 63051 has 14,495 at 121 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 63050 reports a median household income of $87,371 against $79,940 in ZIP 63051, with per-capita income of $34,599 vs $37,449. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.9% in 63050 and 21.8% in 63051. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 13.0%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 2.7% — 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 $288,200 in 63050 versus $201,700 in 63051, with median rent of $970 and $1,074 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.4% vs 84.4%. 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.