ZIP 85610 vs ZIP 85625

This side-by-side compares ZIP 85610 (Elfrida, AZ) and ZIP 85625 (Pearce, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 85610 has a population of 1,333 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 85625 has 1,983 at 3 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 85610 reports a median household income of $34,375 against $47,500 in ZIP 85625, with per-capita income of $36,422 vs $34,434. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.4% in 85610 and 35.4% in 85625. Poverty rate reads 28.6% vs 15.3%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 4.4% — 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 $225,000 in 85610 versus $171,200 in 85625, with median rent of $568 and $1,065 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.4% vs 90.7%. 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.