ZIP 65054 vs ZIP 65016

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65054 (Loose Creek, MO) and ZIP 65016 (Bonnots Mill, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65054 has a population of 835 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 65016 has 1,376 at 11 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 65054 reports a median household income of — against $78,750 in ZIP 65016, with per-capita income of $115,644 vs $36,141. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% in 65054 and 27.3% in 65016. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 1.5%, and unemployment 1.6% 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 $200,700 in 65054 versus $269,400 in 65016, with median rent of — and $546 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 97.4% vs 81.2%. 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.