ZIP 82401 vs ZIP 82442

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82401 (Worland, WY) and ZIP 82442 (Ten Sleep, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82401 has a population of 7,866 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 82442 has 732 at 0 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 82401 reports a median household income of $65,583 against $61,300 in ZIP 82442, with per-capita income of $37,101 vs $40,808. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.0% in 82401 and 35.3% in 82442. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 16.9%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 2.5% — 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 $203,600 in 82401 versus $337,500 in 82442, with median rent of $721 and $695 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.5% vs 69.0%. 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.