ZIP 80746 vs ZIP 80731

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