ZIP 80439 vs ZIP 80457

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80439 (Evergreen, CO) and ZIP 80457 (Kittredge, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80439 has a population of 23,778 at 52 people per square mile, while ZIP 80457 has 612 at 152 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 80439 reports a median household income of $156,218 against $235,160 in ZIP 80457, with per-capita income of $84,076 vs $113,695. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 71.6% in 80439 and 57.9% in 80457. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 11.4%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 16.7% — 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 $900,300 in 80439 versus $464,100 in 80457, with median rent of $1,962 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.3% vs 85.3%. 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.