ZIP 80731 vs ZIP 80746

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80731 (Haxtun, CO) and ZIP 80746 (Paoli, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80731 has a population of 1,494 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 80746 has 29 at 42 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 80731 reports a median household income of $74,375 against $99,444 in ZIP 80746, with per-capita income of $39,208 vs $71,749. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.7% in 80731 and 11.1% in 80746. Poverty rate reads 20.3% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 3.3% - 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 $235,300 in 80731 versus $211,100 in 80746, with median rent of $655 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.5% vs 80.0%. 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.