ZIP 80013 vs ZIP 80015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80013 (Aurora, CO) and ZIP 80015 (Aurora, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80013 has a population of 69,588 at 1,921 people per square mile, while ZIP 80015 has 62,432 at 1,684 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 80013 reports a median household income of $101,191 against $124,702 in ZIP 80015, with per-capita income of $41,189 vs $52,854. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.7% in 80013 and 48.5% in 80015. Poverty rate reads 10.1% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 3.7% — 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 $474,000 in 80013 versus $586,300 in 80015, with median rent of $2,201 and $2,337 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 82.2%. 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.