ZIP 80516 vs ZIP 80514

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80516 (Erie, CO) and ZIP 80514 (Dacono, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80516 has a population of 20,254 at 196 people per square mile, while ZIP 80514 has 4,106 at 235 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 80516 reports a median household income of $168,725 against $104,494 in ZIP 80514, with per-capita income of $65,893 vs $45,628. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.7% in 80516 and 28.8% in 80514. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 3.0% — 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 $726,700 in 80516 versus $488,500 in 80514, with median rent of $2,798 and $1,827 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.0% vs 85.7%. 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.