ZIP 80503 vs ZIP 80544

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80503 (Longmont, CO) and ZIP 80544 (Niwot, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80503 has a population of 31,064 at 132 people per square mile, while ZIP 80544 has 111 at 873 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 80503 reports a median household income of $113,620 against — in ZIP 80544, with per-capita income of $64,526 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.9% in 80503 and — in 80544. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs —, and unemployment 3.5% vs — — 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 $755,500 in 80503 versus — in 80544, with median rent of $1,872 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.1% vs —. 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.