ZIP 84040 vs ZIP 84041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84040 (Layton, UT) and ZIP 84041 (Layton, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84040 has a population of 23,026 at 834 people per square mile, while ZIP 84041 has 44,625 at 1,162 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 84040 reports a median household income of $128,365 against $89,604 in ZIP 84041, with per-capita income of $52,413 vs $37,137. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.4% in 84040 and 30.5% in 84041. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 2.8% — 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 $542,500 in 84040 versus $443,100 in 84041, with median rent of $1,831 and $1,490 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.9% vs 66.4%. 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.