ZIP 83616 vs ZIP 83714

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83616 (Eagle, ID) and ZIP 83714 (Garden City, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83616 has a population of 22,780 at 83 people per square mile, while ZIP 83714 has 20,290 at 160 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 83616 reports a median household income of $125,203 against $87,651 in ZIP 83714, with per-capita income of $70,258 vs $50,789. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.4% in 83616 and 47.6% in 83714. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 8.6%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 5.3% — 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 $798,800 in 83616 versus $496,800 in 83714, with median rent of $1,759 and $1,512 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.5% vs 72.6%. 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.