ZIP 83841 vs ZIP 83813

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83841 (Laclede, ID) and ZIP 83813 (Cocolalla, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83841 has a population of 338 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 83813 has 1,158 at 10 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 83841 reports a median household income of $50,789 against $90,156 in ZIP 83813, with per-capita income of $27,289 vs $42,210. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.4% in 83841 and 25.9% in 83813. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 23.3% vs 2.5% — 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 $274,100 in 83841 versus $788,600 in 83813, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 94.2%. 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.