ZIP 80214 vs ZIP 80215

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80214 (Denver, CO) and ZIP 80215 (Denver, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80214 has a population of 24,821 at 2,082 people per square mile, while ZIP 80215 has 17,843 at 1,239 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 80214 reports a median household income of $75,575 against $85,190 in ZIP 80215, with per-capita income of $48,319 vs $53,944. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.8% in 80214 and 50.2% in 80215. Poverty rate reads 16.5% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 6.5% — 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 $559,100 in 80214 versus $650,100 in 80215, with median rent of $1,627 and $1,785 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 39.9% vs 57.2%. 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.