ZIP 80832 vs ZIP 80830

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80832 (Ramah, CO) and ZIP 80830 (Matheson, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80832 has a population of 666 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 80830 has 254 at 0 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 80832 reports a median household income of $90,556 against $76,250 in ZIP 80830, with per-capita income of $40,360 vs $55,643. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.4% in 80832 and 31.1% in 80830. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 2.8%, and unemployment 0.6% vs 5.6% — 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 $450,000 in 80832 versus $504,200 in 80830, with median rent of $1,042 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 91.9%. 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.