ZIP 80911 vs ZIP 80916

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80911 (Colorado Springs, CO) and ZIP 80916 (Colorado Springs, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80911 has a population of 30,596 at 978 people per square mile, while ZIP 80916 has 34,640 at 778 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 80911 reports a median household income of $87,093 against $67,127 in ZIP 80916, with per-capita income of $35,918 vs $27,350. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.8% in 80911 and 19.1% in 80916. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 7.8% — 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 $376,600 in 80911 versus $326,300 in 80916, with median rent of $1,755 and $1,620 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.7% vs 54.3%. 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.