ZIP 76082 vs ZIP 76085

This side-by-side compares ZIP 76082 (Springtown, TX) and ZIP 76085 (Weatherford, TX) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 76082 has a population of 17,748 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 76085 has 8,787 at 53 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 76082 reports a median household income of $92,485 against $104,531 in ZIP 76085, with per-capita income of $39,265 vs $39,499. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 76082 and 20.4% in 76085. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 3.3% — 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 $306,000 in 76082 versus $381,900 in 76085, with median rent of $1,256 and $1,952 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.2% vs 86.7%. 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.