ZIP 84784 vs ZIP 86021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 84784 (Hildale, UT) and ZIP 86021 (Colorado City, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 84784 has a population of 2,745 at 75 people per square mile, while ZIP 86021 has 6,085 at 88 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 84784 reports a median household income of $78,523 against $90,096 in ZIP 86021, with per-capita income of $22,947 vs $21,209. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.7% in 84784 and 21.5% in 86021. Poverty rate reads 19.3% vs 18.1%, and unemployment 8.9% 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 $379,200 in 84784 versus $395,300 in 86021, with median rent of $1,495 and $1,495 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.4% vs 61.7%. 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.