ZIP 84523 vs ZIP 84516

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84523 (Ferron, UT) and ZIP 84516 (Clawson, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84523 has a population of 1,797 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 84516 has 227 at 4 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 84523 reports a median household income of $71,212 against $75,250 in ZIP 84516, with per-capita income of $21,959 vs $31,032. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 84523 and 3.2% in 84516. Poverty rate reads 16.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $229,500 in 84523 versus $234,600 in 84516, with median rent of $543 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.3% vs 92.5%. 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.