ZIP 80236 vs ZIP 80110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80236 (Denver, CO) and ZIP 80110 (Englewood, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80236 has a population of 16,123 at 1,937 people per square mile, while ZIP 80110 has 20,867 at 1,271 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 80236 reports a median household income of $86,115 against $85,900 in ZIP 80110, with per-capita income of $39,057 vs $49,585. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.4% in 80236 and 40.5% in 80110. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 6.1% vs 6.1% — 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 $531,700 in 80236 versus $497,300 in 80110, with median rent of $1,728 and $1,693 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 59.6% vs 57.5%. 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.