ZIP 66058 vs ZIP 66023

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66058 (Muscotah, KS) and ZIP 66023 (Effingham, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66058 has a population of 393 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 66023 has 1,124 at 6 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 66058 reports a median household income of $96,458 against $55,759 in ZIP 66023, with per-capita income of $40,141 vs $33,772. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.3% in 66058 and 11.5% in 66023. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 6.4%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 5.8% — 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 $127,300 in 66058 versus $110,400 in 66023, with median rent of $738 and $813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.7% vs 81.2%. 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.