ZIP 65017 vs ZIP 65083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65017 (Brumley, MO) and ZIP 65083 (Ulman, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65017 has a population of 1,549 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 65083 has 375 at 10 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 65017 reports a median household income of $39,457 against — in ZIP 65083, with per-capita income of $23,829 vs $29,462. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.8% in 65017 and 36.9% in 65083. Poverty rate reads 15.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 12.3% vs 0.0% — 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 $165,000 in 65017 versus — in 65083, with median rent of $775 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.1% vs 76.0%. 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.