ZIP 82059 vs ZIP 82052

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82059 (Granite Canon, WY) and ZIP 82052 (Buford, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82059 has a population of 135 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 82052 has 23 at 1 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 82059 reports a median household income of $148,750 against — in ZIP 82052, with per-capita income of $52,910 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.8% in 82059 and — in 82052. Poverty rate reads 6.5% vs —, and unemployment 0.0% vs — — 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 $470,700 in 82059 versus — in 82052, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% 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.