ZIP 84742 vs ZIP 84720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84742 (Kanarraville, UT) and ZIP 84720 (Cedar City, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84742 has a population of 260 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 84720 has 19,705 at 25 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 84742 reports a median household income of $138,929 against $67,670 in ZIP 84720, with per-capita income of $88,295 vs $33,056. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 47.9% in 84742 and 36.4% in 84720. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 13.3%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 3.6% — 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 $497,600 in 84742 versus $420,000 in 84720, with median rent of — and $1,000 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.1% vs 64.4%. 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.