ZIP 81413 vs ZIP 81418

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81413 (Cedaredge, CO) and ZIP 81418 (Eckert, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81413 has a population of 5,243 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 81418 has 1,714 at 32 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 81413 reports a median household income of $58,465 against $54,417 in ZIP 81418, with per-capita income of $34,367 vs $25,799. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.1% in 81413 and 13.5% in 81418. Poverty rate reads 11.8% vs 30.4%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 1.3% — 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 81413 versus $266,000 in 81418, with median rent of $1,237 and $1,781 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.1% vs 74.1%. 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.