ZIP 83101 vs ZIP 83121

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83101 (Kemmerer, WY) and ZIP 83121 (Frontier, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83101 has a population of 3,104 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 83121 has 14 at 13 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 83101 reports a median household income of $76,947 against — in ZIP 83121, with per-capita income of $41,749 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.6% in 83101 and — in 83121. Poverty rate reads 12.2% vs —, and unemployment 2.0% vs — — 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 $191,200 in 83101 versus — in 83121, with median rent of $824 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.7% vs —. 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.