ZIP 84041 vs ZIP 84056

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84041 (Layton, UT) and ZIP 84056 (Hill Afb, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84041 has a population of 44,625 at 1,162 people per square mile, while ZIP 84056 has 3,310 at 136 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 84041 reports a median household income of $89,604 against $69,352 in ZIP 84056, with per-capita income of $37,137 vs $23,164. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.5% in 84041 and 19.7% in 84056. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 1.5%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.1% — 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 $443,100 in 84041 versus — in 84056, with median rent of $1,490 and $1,780 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.4% vs 1.8%. 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.