ZIP 83237 vs ZIP 84320

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83237 (Franklin, ID) and ZIP 84320 (Lewiston, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83237 has a population of 1,146 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 84320 has 2,237 at 19 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 83237 reports a median household income of $86,053 against $103,810 in ZIP 84320, with per-capita income of $32,915 vs $32,943. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.3% in 83237 and 25.0% in 84320. Poverty rate reads 2.4% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 3.5% — 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 $396,400 in 83237 versus $380,200 in 84320, with median rent of $1,371 and $927 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.7% vs 83.5%. 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.