ZIP 80514 vs ZIP 80530

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80514 (Dacono, CO) and ZIP 80530 (Frederick, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80514 has a population of 4,106 at 235 people per square mile, while ZIP 80530 has 3,790 at 771 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 80514 reports a median household income of $104,494 against $124,000 in ZIP 80530, with per-capita income of $45,628 vs $49,532. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.8% in 80514 and 26.1% in 80530. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 6.5%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 2.5% — 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 $488,500 in 80514 versus $466,000 in 80530, with median rent of $1,827 and $2,311 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.7% vs 91.6%. 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.