ZIP 80624 vs ZIP 80622

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80624 (Gill, CO) and ZIP 80622 (Galeton, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80624 has a population of 946 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 80622 has 268 at 8 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 80624 reports a median household income of $80,673 against $138,710 in ZIP 80622, with per-capita income of $36,305 vs $49,326. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.9% in 80624 and 38.9% in 80622. Poverty rate reads 2.2% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $481,400 in 80624 versus — in 80622, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.6% vs 78.8%. 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.