ZIP 80211 vs ZIP 80204

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80211 (Denver, CO) and ZIP 80204 (Denver, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80211 has a population of 31,583 at 2,711 people per square mile, while ZIP 80204 has 31,493 at 2,187 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 80211 reports a median household income of $121,439 against $84,829 in ZIP 80204, with per-capita income of $90,186 vs $60,663. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 72.9% in 80211 and 54.4% in 80204. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 17.7%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 5.4% — 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 $807,100 in 80211 versus $620,500 in 80204, with median rent of $1,970 and $1,811 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.2% vs 37.2%. 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.