ZIP 81124 vs ZIP 81140

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81124 (Capulin, CO) and ZIP 81140 (La Jara, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81124 has a population of 303 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 81140 has 2,341 at 4 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 81124 reports a median household income of $88,793 against $46,781 in ZIP 81140, with per-capita income of $16,171 vs $30,656. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.5% in 81124 and 34.1% in 81140. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 13.9%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.7% - 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 $79,300 in 81124 versus $239,700 in 81140, with median rent of - and $718 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 73.2%. 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.