ZIP 64012 vs ZIP 64147

This side-by-side compares ZIP 64012 (Belton, MO) and ZIP 64147 (Kansas City, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 64012 has a population of 27,260 at 221 people per square mile, while ZIP 64147 has 769 at 92 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 64012 reports a median household income of $71,814 against — in ZIP 64147, with per-capita income of $41,244 vs $7,116. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.5% in 64012 and 0.0% in 64147. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 69.0%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 44.0% — 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 $221,200 in 64012 versus — in 64147, with median rent of $1,290 and $1,146 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.1% vs 0.0%. 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.