ZIP 83250 vs ZIP 83214

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83250 (Mccammon, ID) and ZIP 83214 (Arimo, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83250 has a population of 1,637 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 83214 has 671 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 83250 reports a median household income of $73,555 against $80,333 in ZIP 83214, with per-capita income of $40,041 vs $36,602. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 83250 and 22.2% in 83214. Poverty rate reads 5.3% vs 10.9%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 2.4% — 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 $322,000 in 83250 versus $279,200 in 83214, with median rent of $1,063 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.2% vs 96.3%. 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.