ZIP 66073 vs ZIP 66050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66073 (Perry, KS) and ZIP 66050 (Lecompton, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66073 has a population of 2,537 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 66050 has 1,822 at 16 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 66073 reports a median household income of $86,641 against $91,979 in ZIP 66050, with per-capita income of $46,304 vs $47,622. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.5% in 66073 and 30.1% in 66050. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 8.7%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 1.7% — 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 $216,600 in 66073 versus $263,200 in 66050, with median rent of $776 and $913 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.9% vs 82.4%. 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.