ZIP 66043 vs ZIP 64092

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66043 (Lansing, KS) and ZIP 64092 (Waldron, MO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66043 has a population of 10,787 at 317 people per square mile, while ZIP 64092 has 44 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 66043 reports a median household income of $103,060 against — in ZIP 64092, with per-capita income of $36,437 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.2% in 66043 and — in 64092. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs —, and unemployment 4.3% vs — — 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 $271,200 in 66043 versus — in 64092, with median rent of $1,406 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.3% vs —. 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.