ZIP 84765 vs ZIP 84738

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84765 (Santa Clara, UT) and ZIP 84738 (Ivins, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84765 has a population of 6,143 at 249 people per square mile, while ZIP 84738 has 6,878 at 120 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 84765 reports a median household income of $96,475 against $77,993 in ZIP 84738, with per-capita income of $39,030 vs $43,821. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.2% in 84765 and 47.9% in 84738. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 6.6% — 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 $558,100 in 84765 versus $592,900 in 84738, with median rent of $1,907 and $1,769 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.8% vs 73.9%. 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.