ZIP 80546 vs ZIP 80550

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80546 (Severance, CO) and ZIP 80550 (Windsor, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80546 has a population of 149 at 752 people per square mile, while ZIP 80550 has 20,675 at 150 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 80546 reports a median household income of $113,242 against $126,132 in ZIP 80550, with per-capita income of $25,272 vs $55,037. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.1% in 80546 and 53.4% in 80550. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.2% — 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 — in 80546 versus $582,000 in 80550, with median rent of — and $1,852 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.6% vs 79.4%. 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.