ZIP 81625 vs ZIP 81610

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81625 (Craig, CO) and ZIP 81610 (Dinosaur, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81625 has a population of 12,921 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 81610 has 446 at 1 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 81625 reports a median household income of $75,812 against $51,105 in ZIP 81610, with per-capita income of $37,185 vs $16,567. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 81625 and 12.5% in 81610. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 38.2% — 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 $295,500 in 81625 versus — in 81610, with median rent of $1,046 and $974 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.4% vs 73.3%. 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.