ZIP 84036 vs ZIP 84055

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84036 (Kamas, UT) and ZIP 84055 (Oakley, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84036 has a population of 6,045 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 84055 has 1,406 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 84036 reports a median household income of $120,769 against $126,071 in ZIP 84055, with per-capita income of $66,603 vs $52,720. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.2% in 84036 and 42.5% in 84055. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 1.2% — 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 $753,300 in 84036 versus $677,000 in 84055, with median rent of $1,475 and $2,597 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.8% vs 91.5%. 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.