ZIP 83110 vs ZIP 83101

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83110 (Afton, WY) and ZIP 83101 (Kemmerer, WY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83110 has a population of 4,307 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 83101 has 3,104 at 2 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 83110 reports a median household income of $86,731 against $76,947 in ZIP 83101, with per-capita income of $36,683 vs $41,749. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.2% in 83110 and 25.6% in 83101. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 12.2%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 2.0% — 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 $381,100 in 83110 versus $191,200 in 83101, with median rent of $778 and $824 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.8% vs 77.7%. 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.