ZIP 80124 vs ZIP 80130

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80124 (Lone Tree, CO) and ZIP 80130 (Littleton, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80124 has a population of 18,020 at 733 people per square mile, while ZIP 80130 has 27,054 at 1,635 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 80124 reports a median household income of $129,858 against $158,741 in ZIP 80130, with per-capita income of $74,563 vs $69,731. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.9% in 80124 and 69.8% in 80130. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 3.9% — 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 $773,900 in 80124 versus $691,800 in 80130, with median rent of $2,180 and $2,625 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 54.0% vs 78.7%. 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.