ZIP 80436 vs ZIP 80452

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80436 (Dumont, CO) and ZIP 80452 (Idaho Springs, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80436 has a population of 565 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 80452 has 3,097 at 9 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 80436 reports a median household income of $59,091 against $75,565 in ZIP 80452, with per-capita income of $47,224 vs $48,100. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.4% in 80436 and 52.7% in 80452. Poverty rate reads 13.5% vs 5.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.1% — 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 $375,500 in 80436 versus $449,300 in 80452, with median rent of — and $1,524 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.3%. 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.