ZIP 80207 vs ZIP 80220

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80207 (Denver, CO) and ZIP 80220 (Denver, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80207 has a population of 21,216 at 1,794 people per square mile, while ZIP 80220 has 33,529 at 2,472 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 80207 reports a median household income of $115,542 against $106,054 in ZIP 80220, with per-capita income of $64,446 vs $82,503. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.4% in 80207 and 66.4% in 80220. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 10.1%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 4.4% — 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 $705,200 in 80207 versus $805,400 in 80220, with median rent of $1,879 and $1,639 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.8% vs 56.9%. 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.