ZIP 66032 vs ZIP 66015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66032 (Garnett, KS) and ZIP 66015 (Colony, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66032 has a population of 5,115 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 66015 has 782 at 3 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 66032 reports a median household income of $69,647 against $69,375 in ZIP 66015, with per-capita income of $28,614 vs $31,132. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% in 66032 and 17.6% in 66015. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 16.7%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.4% — 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 $175,600 in 66032 versus $154,600 in 66015, with median rent of $945 and $556 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 76.7%. 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.