ZIP 65557 vs ZIP 65570

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65557 (Roby, MO) and ZIP 65570 (Success, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65557 has a population of 166 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 65570 has 528 at 7 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 65557 reports a median household income of $97,650 against $34,573 in ZIP 65570, with per-capita income of $37,445 vs $20,483. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 65557 and 5.0% in 65570. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 17.9%, and unemployment 14.0% 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 $236,200 in 65557 versus $76,700 in 65570, with median rent of — and $1,264 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.3% vs 94.4%. 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.