ZIP 82421 vs ZIP 82423

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82421 (Deaver, WY) and ZIP 82423 (Frannie, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82421 has a population of 448 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 82423 has 233 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 82421 reports a median household income of $42,222 against — in ZIP 82423, with per-capita income of $29,810 vs $30,202. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.8% in 82421 and 13.7% in 82423. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 37.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 8.4% — 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 — in 82421 versus $119,200 in 82423, with median rent of — and $686 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.0% vs 53.8%. 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.