ZIP 65714 vs ZIP 65810

This side-by-side compares ZIP 65714 (Nixa, MO) and ZIP 65810 (Springfield, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 65714 has a population of 29,818 at 222 people per square mile, while ZIP 65810 has 20,984 at 678 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 65714 reports a median household income of $86,765 against $95,160 in ZIP 65810, with per-capita income of $40,361 vs $53,609. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.7% in 65714 and 46.8% in 65810. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 4.5% — 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 $286,500 in 65714 versus $305,600 in 65810, with median rent of $1,050 and $1,196 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.3% vs 73.9%. 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.