ZIP 65570 vs ZIP 65557

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