ZIP 81223 vs ZIP 81232

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81223 (Cotopaxi, CO) and ZIP 81232 (Hillside, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81223 has a population of 1,639 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 81232 has 23 at 5 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 81223 reports a median household income of $51,889 against — in ZIP 81232, with per-capita income of $30,813 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.7% in 81223 and — in 81232. Poverty rate reads 25.1% vs —, and unemployment 1.5% vs — — 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 $355,800 in 81223 versus — in 81232, with median rent of $1,699 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.6% vs —. 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.