ZIP 81050 vs ZIP 81067

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81050 (La Junta, CO) and ZIP 81067 (Rocky Ford, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81050 has a population of 9,894 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 81067 has 5,670 at 8 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 81050 reports a median household income of $57,180 against $50,028 in ZIP 81067, with per-capita income of $29,586 vs $23,743. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 81050 and 13.8% in 81067. Poverty rate reads 22.6% vs 25.1%, and unemployment 7.3% vs 8.2% - 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 $199,000 in 81050 versus $154,800 in 81067, with median rent of $783 and $930 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.8% vs 63.3%. 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.