ZIP 66749 vs ZIP 66748

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66749 (Iola, KS) and ZIP 66748 (Humboldt, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66749 has a population of 7,974 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 66748 has 2,750 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 66749 reports a median household income of $60,093 against $59,871 in ZIP 66748, with per-capita income of $30,264 vs $33,464. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.2% in 66749 and 17.7% in 66748. Poverty rate reads 8.6% vs 17.0%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 12.0% — 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 $107,000 in 66749 versus $114,300 in 66748, with median rent of $776 and $446 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 85.5%. 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.