ZIP 84087 vs ZIP 84054

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84087 (Woods Cross, UT) and ZIP 84054 (North Salt Lake, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84087 has a population of 13,983 at 416 people per square mile, while ZIP 84054 has 16,196 at 746 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 84087 reports a median household income of $132,774 against $101,860 in ZIP 84054, with per-capita income of $48,870 vs $43,639. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.0% in 84087 and 43.7% in 84054. Poverty rate reads 3.8% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 4.6% — 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 $531,900 in 84087 versus $505,500 in 84054, with median rent of $1,653 and $1,688 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 66.9%. 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.