ZIP 63052 vs ZIP 63012

This side-by-side compares ZIP 63052 (Imperial, MO) and ZIP 63012 (Barnhart, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 63052 has a population of 26,431 at 313 people per square mile, while ZIP 63012 has 9,973 at 135 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 63052 reports a median household income of $92,922 against $96,099 in ZIP 63012, with per-capita income of $41,778 vs $48,293. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.5% in 63052 and 26.2% in 63012. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs 5.7%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 2.9% — 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 $285,400 in 63052 versus $250,800 in 63012, with median rent of $959 and $1,441 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.0% vs 92.0%. 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.