ZIP 80022 vs ZIP 80640

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80022 (Commerce City, CO) and ZIP 80640 (Henderson, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80022 has a population of 42,699 at 359 people per square mile, while ZIP 80640 has 11,054 at 336 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 80022 reports a median household income of $104,396 against $117,373 in ZIP 80640, with per-capita income of $40,353 vs $44,740. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.5% in 80022 and 27.3% in 80640. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 2.7% — 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 $485,100 in 80022 versus $497,100 in 80640, with median rent of $1,698 and $2,225 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.1% vs 79.8%. 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.