ZIP 80840 vs ZIP 80921

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80840 (Usaf Academy, CO) and ZIP 80921 (Colorado Springs, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80840 has a population of 6,682 at 89 people per square mile, while ZIP 80921 has 18,999 at 84 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 80840 reports a median household income of $69,474 against $141,659 in ZIP 80921, with per-capita income of $19,629 vs $66,465. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.0% in 80840 and 63.0% in 80921. Poverty rate reads 18.7% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 0.5% vs 3.4% — 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 — in 80840 versus $683,400 in 80921, with median rent of $2,264 and $2,140 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 73.3%. 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.