ZIP 82301 vs ZIP 82331

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82301 (Rawlins, WY) and ZIP 82331 (Saratoga, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82301 has a population of 9,584 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 82331 has 2,286 at 2 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 82301 reports a median household income of $62,841 against $95,610 in ZIP 82331, with per-capita income of $35,194 vs $49,128. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.7% in 82301 and 44.5% in 82331. Poverty rate reads 15.6% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 7.0% 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 $217,300 in 82301 versus $363,800 in 82331, with median rent of $741 and $1,227 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.4% vs 88.7%. 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.