ZIP 84005 vs ZIP 84045

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84005 (Eagle Mountain, UT) and ZIP 84045 (Saratoga Springs, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84005 has a population of 21,410 at 268 people per square mile, while ZIP 84045 has 16,875 at 320 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 84005 reports a median household income of $113,437 against $130,331 in ZIP 84045, with per-capita income of $31,525 vs $36,625. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.8% in 84005 and 50.9% in 84045. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 3.7% 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 $515,600 in 84005 versus $613,100 in 84045, with median rent of $2,020 and $2,201 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.5% vs 85.2%. 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.