ZIP 82701 vs ZIP 82730

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82701 (Newcastle, WY) and ZIP 82730 (Upton, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82701 has a population of 5,455 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 82730 has 1,566 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 82701 reports a median household income of $90,922 against $72,159 in ZIP 82730, with per-capita income of $45,629 vs $45,677. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 82701 and 12.1% in 82730. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 18.8%, and unemployment 0.8% vs 1.0% — 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 $231,200 in 82701 versus $193,800 in 82730, with median rent of $758 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.4% vs 75.3%. 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.