ZIP 81429 vs ZIP 81411

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81429 (Paradox, CO) and ZIP 81411 (Bedrock, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81429 has a population of 181 at 0 people per square mile, while ZIP 81411 has 55 at 0 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 81429 reports a median household income of $69,000 against $59,375 in ZIP 81411, with per-capita income of $41,178 vs $45,233. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.4% in 81429 and 0.0% in 81411. Poverty rate reads 10.9% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 10.4% vs 0.0% - 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 - in 81429 versus - in 81411, with median rent of - and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.3%. 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.