ZIP 67501 vs ZIP 67505

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67501 (Hutchinson, KS) and ZIP 67505 (South Hutchinson, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67501 has a population of 27,212 at 57 people per square mile, while ZIP 67505 has 2,457 at 337 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 67501 reports a median household income of $50,859 against $50,882 in ZIP 67505, with per-capita income of $24,775 vs $32,099. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.5% in 67501 and 14.2% in 67505. Poverty rate reads 18.5% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 1.7% — 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 $86,000 in 67501 versus $151,300 in 67505, with median rent of $859 and $602 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 59.0% vs 58.9%. 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.