ZIP 82005 vs ZIP 82001

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