ZIP 84081 vs ZIP 84118

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84081 (West Jordan, UT) and ZIP 84118 (Salt Lake City, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84081 has a population of 40,732 at 1,075 people per square mile, while ZIP 84118 has 68,295 at 1,539 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 84081 reports a median household income of $119,970 against $90,562 in ZIP 84118, with per-capita income of $40,005 vs $29,683. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.6% in 84081 and 14.1% in 84118. Poverty rate reads 3.1% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 6.0% — 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 $546,400 in 84081 versus $389,700 in 84118, with median rent of $2,049 and $1,768 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.3% vs 84.3%. 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.