ZIP 97326 vs ZIP 97370

This side-by-side compares ZIP 97326 (Blodgett, OR) and ZIP 97370 (Philomath, OR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 97326 has a population of 961 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 97370 has 8,271 at 22 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 97326 reports a median household income of $106,628 against $88,091 in ZIP 97370, with per-capita income of $41,523 vs $48,143. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.0% in 97326 and 47.2% in 97370. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 6.9%, and unemployment 8.0% vs 2.8% — 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 $349,300 in 97326 versus $463,200 in 97370, with median rent of — and $1,444 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.6% vs 79.1%. 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.