ZIP 66060 vs ZIP 66016

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66060 (Nortonville, KS) and ZIP 66016 (Cummings, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66060 has a population of 1,122 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 66016 has 519 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 66060 reports a median household income of $77,222 against $76,141 in ZIP 66016, with per-capita income of $41,574 vs $38,855. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.5% in 66060 and 19.3% in 66016. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $155,800 in 66060 versus $292,500 in 66016, with median rent of $1,023 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.3% vs 82.8%. 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.