ZIP 83842 vs ZIP 83810

This side-by-side compares ZIP 83842 (Medimont, ID) and ZIP 83810 (Cataldo, ID) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 83842 has a population of 148 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 83810 has 1,189 at 3 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 83842 reports a median household income of $91,429 against $132,344 in ZIP 83810, with per-capita income of $41,142 vs $57,825. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.0% in 83842 and 35.4% in 83810. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 12.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.9% — 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 $625,000 in 83842 versus $570,600 in 83810, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.6% vs 94.5%. 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.