ZIP 84032 vs ZIP 84049

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84032 (Heber City, UT) and ZIP 84049 (Midway, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84032 has a population of 17,249 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 84049 has 4,372 at 20 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 84032 reports a median household income of $103,440 against $151,343 in ZIP 84049, with per-capita income of $47,594 vs $73,246. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.8% in 84032 and 64.1% in 84049. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 1.8%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 2.3% — 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 $731,800 in 84032 versus $891,500 in 84049, with median rent of $1,914 and $3,399 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.7% vs 82.8%. 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.