ZIP 82001 vs ZIP 82009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82001 (Cheyenne, WY) and ZIP 82009 (Cheyenne, 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 82009 has 31,703 at 10 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 $103,835 in ZIP 82009, with per-capita income of $40,294 vs $53,100. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.2% in 82001 and 41.6% in 82009. Poverty rate reads 8.0% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 3.0% — 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 $450,600 in 82009, with median rent of $1,133 and $1,166 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.7% vs 81.2%. 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.