ZIP 85625 vs ZIP 85610

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