ZIP 84720 vs ZIP 84742

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84720 (Cedar City, UT) and ZIP 84742 (Kanarraville, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84720 has a population of 19,705 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 84742 has 260 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 84720 reports a median household income of $67,670 against $138,929 in ZIP 84742, with per-capita income of $33,056 vs $88,295. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.4% in 84720 and 47.9% in 84742. Poverty rate reads 13.3% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 3.2% — 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 $420,000 in 84720 versus $497,600 in 84742, with median rent of $1,000 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.4% vs 91.1%. 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.