ZIP 66440 vs ZIP 66509

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66440 (Hoyt, KS) and ZIP 66509 (Mayetta, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66440 has a population of 2,063 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 66509 has 2,596 at 8 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 66440 reports a median household income of $97,109 against $65,958 in ZIP 66509, with per-capita income of $43,653 vs $36,455. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.7% in 66440 and 17.4% in 66509. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 2.0% — 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 $234,700 in 66440 versus $189,200 in 66509, with median rent of $1,012 and $795 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 73.6%. 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.