ZIP 80921 vs ZIP 80840

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