ZIP 80045 vs ZIP 80010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80045 (Aurora, CO) and ZIP 80010 (Aurora, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80045 has a population of 277 at 160 people per square mile, while ZIP 80010 has 39,728 at 2,794 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 80045 reports a median household income of $49,500 against $63,579 in ZIP 80010, with per-capita income of $47,393 vs $29,792. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.8% in 80045 and 19.9% in 80010. Poverty rate reads 44.1% vs 21.2%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 8.8% — 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 — in 80045 versus $424,600 in 80010, with median rent of $2,042 and $1,485 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.8% vs 40.1%. 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.