ZIP 80620 vs ZIP 80634

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80620 (Evans, CO) and ZIP 80634 (Greeley, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80620 has a population of 17,775 at 1,040 people per square mile, while ZIP 80634 has 52,861 at 548 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 80620 reports a median household income of $73,590 against $82,742 in ZIP 80634, with per-capita income of $29,414 vs $42,057. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.8% in 80620 and 33.3% in 80634. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 8.9%, and unemployment 7.1% 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 $341,700 in 80620 versus $432,700 in 80634, with median rent of $1,530 and $1,651 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.5% vs 72.5%. 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.