ZIP 67025 vs ZIP 67050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67025 (Cheney, KS) and ZIP 67050 (Garden Plain, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67025 has a population of 3,884 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 67050 has 1,844 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 67025 reports a median household income of $86,840 against $86,875 in ZIP 67050, with per-capita income of $34,762 vs $35,928. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.4% in 67025 and 44.0% in 67050. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 4.2% — 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 $205,100 in 67025 versus $308,800 in 67050, with median rent of $1,054 and $985 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.2% vs 83.8%. 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.