ZIP 82426 vs ZIP 82441

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82426 (Greybull, WY) and ZIP 82441 (Shell, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82426 has a population of 2,644 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 82441 has 250 at 1 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 82426 reports a median household income of $67,083 against $60,069 in ZIP 82441, with per-capita income of $29,825 vs $43,180. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.0% in 82426 and 39.5% in 82441. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 0.6% — 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 $209,000 in 82426 versus — in 82441, with median rent of $828 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.5% vs 78.8%. 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.