ZIP 66713 vs ZIP 66725

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66713 (Baxter Springs, KS) and ZIP 66725 (Columbus, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66713 has a population of 5,836 at 38 people per square mile, while ZIP 66725 has 5,739 at 9 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 66713 reports a median household income of $61,250 against $48,443 in ZIP 66725, with per-capita income of $29,652 vs $29,936. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.0% in 66713 and 27.8% in 66725. Poverty rate reads 19.5% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.3% — 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 $96,400 in 66713 versus $105,000 in 66725, with median rent of $783 and $803 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.3% vs 75.0%. 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.