ZIP 67410 vs ZIP 67449

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67410 (Abilene, KS) and ZIP 67449 (Herington, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67410 has a population of 10,141 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 67449 has 3,351 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 67410 reports a median household income of $65,855 against $69,357 in ZIP 67449, with per-capita income of $38,298 vs $37,683. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.7% in 67410 and 22.1% in 67449. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 7.9%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 1.2% — 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 $146,700 in 67410 versus $97,800 in 67449, with median rent of $967 and $945 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.9% vs 72.6%. 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.