ZIP 84722 vs ZIP 84782

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84722 (Central, UT) and ZIP 84782 (Veyo, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84722 has a population of 615 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 84782 has 794 at 13 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 84722 reports a median household income of $115,486 against $75,625 in ZIP 84782, with per-capita income of $41,733 vs $32,681. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.7% in 84722 and 22.5% in 84782. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 30.6%, and unemployment 9.7% vs 9.3% — 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 $368,800 in 84722 versus $496,700 in 84782, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.5% vs 95.3%. 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.