ZIP 80425 vs ZIP 80470

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80425 (Buffalo Creek, CO) and ZIP 80470 (Pine, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80425 has a population of 184 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 80470 has 3,287 at 10 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 80425 reports a median household income of $82,188 against $135,682 in ZIP 80470, with per-capita income of $29,745 vs $73,790. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.5% in 80425 and 43.6% in 80470. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.2% — 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 $671,900 in 80425 versus $681,300 in 80470, with median rent of — and $2,238 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 94.5%. 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.