ZIP 81632 vs ZIP 81620

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