ZIP 84054 vs ZIP 84087

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84054 (North Salt Lake, UT) and ZIP 84087 (Woods Cross, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84054 has a population of 16,196 at 746 people per square mile, while ZIP 84087 has 13,983 at 416 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 84054 reports a median household income of $101,860 against $132,774 in ZIP 84087, with per-capita income of $43,639 vs $48,870. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.7% in 84054 and 35.0% in 84087. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 3.8%, and unemployment 4.6% 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 $505,500 in 84054 versus $531,900 in 84087, with median rent of $1,688 and $1,653 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.9% vs 86.9%. 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.