ZIP 67529 vs ZIP 67550

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67529 (Garfield, KS) and ZIP 67550 (Larned, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67529 has a population of 365 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 67550 has 5,905 at 7 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 67529 reports a median household income of $77,500 against $65,400 in ZIP 67550, with per-capita income of $50,720 vs $38,039. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.6% in 67529 and 17.7% in 67550. Poverty rate reads 2.2% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 1.3% — 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 $65,000 in 67529 versus $97,900 in 67550, with median rent of $432 and $789 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.5% vs 63.2%. 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.