ZIP 82007 vs ZIP 82005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82007 (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 82007 has a population of 19,096 at 38 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 82007 reports a median household income of $58,745 against — in ZIP 82005, with per-capita income of $31,319 vs $26,845. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 82007 and 10.0% in 82005. Poverty rate reads 15.1% vs —, and unemployment 3.9% 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 $234,200 in 82007 versus — in 82005, with median rent of $1,221 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.3% 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.