ZIP 80528 vs ZIP 80547

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80528 (Fort Collins, CO) and ZIP 80547 (Timnath, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80528 has a population of 17,946 at 365 people per square mile, while ZIP 80547 has 624 at 79 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 80528 reports a median household income of $130,350 against $180,492 in ZIP 80547, with per-capita income of $60,703 vs $91,198. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 65.6% in 80528 and 75.4% in 80547. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 0.6% — 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 $705,000 in 80528 versus $742,300 in 80547, with median rent of $1,929 and $2,075 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.1% vs 83.0%. 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.