ZIP 82215 vs ZIP 82214

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82215 (Hartville, WY) and ZIP 82214 (Guernsey, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82215 has a population of 132 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 82214 has 1,302 at 5 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 82215 reports a median household income of $137,589 against $77,784 in ZIP 82214, with per-capita income of $38,563 vs $39,887. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.2% in 82215 and 17.9% in 82214. Poverty rate reads 2.5% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 5.5% — 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 $330,800 in 82215 versus $302,700 in 82214, with median rent of $986 and $1,037 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.1% vs 83.2%. 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.