ZIP 82001 vs ZIP 82005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82001 (Cheyenne, WY) and ZIP 82005 (Fe Warren Afb, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82001 has a population of 35,484 at 233 people per square mile, while ZIP 82005 has 417 at 55 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 82001 reports a median household income of $75,362 against — in ZIP 82005, with per-capita income of $40,294 vs $26,845. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.2% in 82001 and 10.0% in 82005. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs —, and unemployment 3.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $316,500 in 82001 versus — in 82005, with median rent of $1,133 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.7% vs —. 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.