ZIP 82412 vs ZIP 82421

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82412 (Byron, WY) and ZIP 82421 (Deaver, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82412 has a population of 626 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 82421 has 448 at 4 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 82412 reports a median household income of $64,583 against $42,222 in ZIP 82421, with per-capita income of $30,481 vs $29,810. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 82412 and 33.8% in 82421. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 6.6% 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 $181,800 in 82412 versus — in 82421, with median rent of $783 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.8% vs 96.0%. 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.