ZIP 64448 vs ZIP 64440

This side-by-side compares ZIP 64448 (Faucett, MO) and ZIP 64440 (De Kalb, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 64448 has a population of 1,104 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 64440 has 737 at 8 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 64448 reports a median household income of $76,058 against $94,306 in ZIP 64440, with per-capita income of $39,116 vs $38,536. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.3% in 64448 and 9.0% in 64440. Poverty rate reads 1.5% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 0.9% — 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 $258,500 in 64448 versus $187,800 in 64440, with median rent of — and $940 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.1% vs 82.5%. 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.