ZIP 69101 vs ZIP 69165

This side-by-side compares ZIP 69101 (North Platte, NE) and ZIP 69165 (Sutherland, NE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 69101 has a population of 29,904 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 69165 has 1,789 at 2 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 69101 reports a median household income of $62,268 against $75,795 in ZIP 69165, with per-capita income of $34,609 vs $42,099. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.6% in 69101 and 20.4% in 69165. Poverty rate reads 13.8% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 3.9% — 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 $188,700 in 69101 versus $211,800 in 69165, with median rent of $912 and $771 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.2% vs 74.1%. 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.