ZIP 83530 vs ZIP 83536

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83530 (Grangeville, ID) and ZIP 83536 (Kamiah, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83530 has a population of 5,404 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 83536 has 4,230 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 83530 reports a median household income of $79,477 against $53,707 in ZIP 83536, with per-capita income of $37,490 vs $28,401. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.1% in 83530 and 25.1% in 83536. Poverty rate reads 12.1% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 2.3% — 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 $324,000 in 83530 versus $241,800 in 83536, with median rent of $744 and $714 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.7% vs 84.0%. 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.