ZIP 80120 vs ZIP 80129

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80120 (Littleton, CO) and ZIP 80129 (Littleton, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80120 has a population of 28,435 at 1,322 people per square mile, while ZIP 80129 has 27,007 at 1,398 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 80120 reports a median household income of $94,296 against $141,667 in ZIP 80129, with per-capita income of $56,568 vs $68,770. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.2% in 80120 and 64.3% in 80129. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 3.1% — 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 $628,300 in 80120 versus $663,800 in 80129, with median rent of $1,672 and $2,421 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.2% vs 69.0%. 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.