ZIP 85395 vs ZIP 85340

This side-by-side compares ZIP 85395 (Goodyear, AZ) and ZIP 85340 (Litchfield Park, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 85395 has a population of 25,922 at 701 people per square mile, while ZIP 85340 has 26,262 at 337 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 85395 reports a median household income of $105,935 against $122,323 in ZIP 85340, with per-capita income of $48,841 vs $45,277. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.0% in 85395 and 37.4% in 85340. Poverty rate reads 5.2% vs 9.0%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.5% — 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 $564,800 in 85395 versus $547,500 in 85340, with median rent of $2,024 and $2,072 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.1% vs 81.6%. 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.