ZIP 65624 vs ZIP 65747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65624 (Cape Fair, MO) and ZIP 65747 (Shell Knob, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65624 has a population of 1,577 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 65747 has 3,746 at 19 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 65624 reports a median household income of $61,995 against $55,060 in ZIP 65747, with per-capita income of $32,166 vs $32,168. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.0% in 65624 and 17.3% in 65747. Poverty rate reads 16.4% vs 12.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 7.4% — 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 $237,500 in 65624 versus $289,900 in 65747, with median rent of — and $681 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.5% vs 88.4%. 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.