ZIP 66054 vs ZIP 66066

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66054 (Mc Louth, KS) and ZIP 66066 (Oskaloosa, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66054 has a population of 2,860 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 66066 has 2,636 at 13 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 66054 reports a median household income of $98,214 against $79,990 in ZIP 66066, with per-capita income of $40,148 vs $44,657. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.7% in 66054 and 22.9% in 66066. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 5.7%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 0.9% — 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 $243,500 in 66054 versus $225,700 in 66066, with median rent of $994 and $849 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.6% vs 84.5%. 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.