ZIP 80302 vs ZIP 80304

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80302 (Boulder, CO) and ZIP 80304 (Boulder, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80302 has a population of 26,941 at 126 people per square mile, while ZIP 80304 has 25,623 at 1,085 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 80302 reports a median household income of $61,698 against $126,558 in ZIP 80304, with per-capita income of $55,558 vs $89,956. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 75.0% in 80302 and 77.0% in 80304. Poverty rate reads 34.3% vs 10.4%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 4.7% — 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 $1,190,800 in 80302 versus $1,210,200 in 80304, with median rent of $1,921 and $2,075 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 38.9% vs 70.0%. 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.