ZIP 83622 vs ZIP 83629

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83622 (Garden Valley, ID) and ZIP 83629 (Horseshoe Bend, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83622 has a population of 1,737 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 83629 has 1,721 at 4 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 83622 reports a median household income of $65,625 against $72,500 in ZIP 83629, with per-capita income of $40,567 vs $36,695. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.8% in 83622 and 23.5% in 83629. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.1% — 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 $576,800 in 83622 versus $398,000 in 83629, with median rent of $976 and $879 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 85.4%. 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.