ZIP 81620 vs ZIP 81632

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81620 (Avon, CO) and ZIP 81632 (Edwards, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81620 has a population of 10,450 at 108 people per square mile, while ZIP 81632 has 10,276 at 33 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 81620 reports a median household income of $102,775 against $83,712 in ZIP 81632, with per-capita income of $64,501 vs $64,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.9% in 81620 and 59.4% in 81632. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 10.2% — 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 $861,500 in 81620 versus $904,400 in 81632, with median rent of $2,216 and $1,845 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 53.1% vs 64.3%. 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.