ZIP 83537 vs ZIP 83541

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83537 (Kendrick, ID) and ZIP 83541 (Lenore, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83537 has a population of 1,044 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 83541 has 1,076 at 4 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 83537 reports a median household income of $71,917 against $62,569 in ZIP 83541, with per-capita income of $33,329 vs $47,680. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.3% in 83537 and 26.3% in 83541. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 5.1% — 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 $327,300 in 83537 versus $344,400 in 83541, with median rent of $1,023 and $803 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.5% vs 85.7%. 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.