ZIP 63056 vs ZIP 63013

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