ZIP 67050 vs ZIP 67052

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67050 (Garden Plain, KS) and ZIP 67052 (Goddard, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67050 has a population of 1,844 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 67052 has 8,325 at 62 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 67050 reports a median household income of $86,875 against $103,148 in ZIP 67052, with per-capita income of $35,928 vs $41,914. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.0% in 67050 and 39.5% in 67052. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 5.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 3.6% — 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 $308,800 in 67050 versus $288,500 in 67052, with median rent of $985 and $1,627 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 85.1%. 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.