ZIP 81652 vs ZIP 81647

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81652 (Silt, CO) and ZIP 81647 (New Castle, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 81652 has a population of 4,904 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 81647 has 7,104 at 8 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 81652 reports a median household income of $101,038 against $78,352 in ZIP 81647, with per-capita income of $42,701 vs $37,341. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.7% in 81652 and 29.0% in 81647. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 2.6% — 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 $530,000 in 81652 versus $456,200 in 81647, with median rent of $1,873 and $1,520 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.8% vs 75.0%. 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.