ZIP 82721 vs ZIP 82729

This side-by-side compares ZIP 82721 (Moorcroft, WY) and ZIP 82729 (Sundance, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 82721 has a population of 3,078 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 82729 has 2,251 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 82721 reports a median household income of $72,865 against $89,306 in ZIP 82729, with per-capita income of $31,682 vs $48,977. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.2% in 82721 and 35.3% in 82729. Poverty rate reads 3.0% vs 4.9%, and unemployment 0.3% 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 $276,500 in 82721 versus $308,400 in 82729, with median rent of $944 and $939 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 70.5%. 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.