ZIP 67548 vs ZIP 67553

This side-by-side compares ZIP 67548 (La Crosse, KS) and ZIP 67553 (Liebenthal, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 67548 has a population of 1,467 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 67553 has 114 at 5 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 67548 reports a median household income of $55,313 against $51,250 in ZIP 67553, with per-capita income of $42,058 vs $27,515. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.1% in 67548 and 17.5% in 67553. Poverty rate reads 8.5% vs 19.5%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 27.5% — 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 $85,000 in 67548 versus $45,600 in 67553, with median rent of $717 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.0% vs 77.5%. 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.