ZIP 80816 vs ZIP 80814

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80816 (Florissant, CO) and ZIP 80814 (Divide, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80816 has a population of 5,180 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 80814 has 4,023 at 16 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 80816 reports a median household income of $75,472 against $80,500 in ZIP 80814, with per-capita income of $53,913 vs $59,579. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.0% in 80816 and 36.2% in 80814. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 6.4% — 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 $418,200 in 80816 versus $466,800 in 80814, with median rent of $2,415 and $1,492 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.1% vs 84.9%. 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.