ZIP 65326 vs ZIP 65634

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65326 (Edwards, MO) and ZIP 65634 (Cross Timbers, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65326 has a population of 1,996 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 65634 has 766 at 4 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 65326 reports a median household income of $51,888 against $35,948 in ZIP 65634, with per-capita income of $32,382 vs $16,589. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 65326 and 16.0% in 65634. Poverty rate reads 16.5% vs 12.5%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 31.0% — 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 $181,100 in 65326 versus $197,800 in 65634, with median rent of $765 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 80.4%. 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.