ZIP 66428 vs ZIP 66550

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66428 (Goff, KS) and ZIP 66550 (Wetmore, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66428 has a population of 415 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 66550 has 607 at 4 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 66428 reports a median household income of $100,500 against $59,531 in ZIP 66550, with per-capita income of $32,050 vs $33,927. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.8% in 66428 and 19.4% in 66550. Poverty rate reads 37.0% vs 10.1%, and unemployment 1.8% 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 $107,100 in 66428 versus $130,000 in 66550, with median rent of — and $867 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.4% vs 87.3%. 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.