ZIP 80540 vs ZIP 80455

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80540 (Lyons, CO) and ZIP 80455 (Jamestown, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80540 has a population of 4,461 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 80455 has 497 at 6 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 80540 reports a median household income of $139,521 against $169,286 in ZIP 80455, with per-capita income of $69,719 vs $83,525. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.5% in 80540 and 59.0% in 80455. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 2.6%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $795,500 in 80540 versus $622,400 in 80455, with median rent of $2,112 and $1,234 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.0% vs 91.0%. 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.