ZIP 80137 vs ZIP 80019

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80137 (Watkins, CO) and ZIP 80019 (Aurora, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80137 has a population of 1,323 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 80019 has 1,690 at 27 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 80137 reports a median household income of $134,890 against $129,154 in ZIP 80019, with per-capita income of $44,034 vs $46,266. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.1% in 80137 and 32.9% in 80019. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 0.7% — 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 $669,000 in 80137 versus $560,700 in 80019, with median rent of — and $1,721 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.0% vs 85.5%. 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.