ZIP 85620 vs ZIP 85603

This side-by-side compares ZIP 85620 (Naco, AZ) and ZIP 85603 (Bisbee, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 85620 has a population of 897 at 324 people per square mile, while ZIP 85603 has 7,155 at 12 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 85620 reports a median household income of $57,738 against $47,680 in ZIP 85603, with per-capita income of $21,080 vs $33,226. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.2% in 85620 and 29.8% in 85603. Poverty rate reads 35.1% vs 18.9%, and unemployment 9.2% vs 11.0% — 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 $72,900 in 85620 versus $207,600 in 85603, with median rent of — and $859 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.1% vs 71.6%. 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.