ZIP 81655 vs ZIP 81632

This side-by-side compares ZIP 81655 (Wolcott, 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 81655 has a population of 65 at 0 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 81655 reports a median household income of $125,539 against $83,712 in ZIP 81632, with per-capita income of $41,458 vs $64,070. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.2% in 81655 and 59.4% in 81632. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $2,000,001 in 81655 versus $904,400 in 81632, with median rent of — and $1,845 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% 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.