ZIP 84302 vs ZIP 84301

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84302 (Brigham City, UT) and ZIP 84301 (Bear River City, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84302 has a population of 23,703 at 159 people per square mile, while ZIP 84301 has 883 at 78 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 84302 reports a median household income of $79,706 against $89,583 in ZIP 84301, with per-capita income of $32,814 vs $34,853. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.3% in 84302 and 22.4% in 84301. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 2.2%, 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 $391,500 in 84302 versus $433,100 in 84301, with median rent of $1,069 and $1,125 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.9% vs 83.0%. 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.