ZIP 85641 vs ZIP 85747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 85641 (Vail, AZ) and ZIP 85747 (Tucson, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 85641 has a population of 21,753 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 85747 has 23,058 at 151 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 85641 reports a median household income of $131,164 against $110,816 in ZIP 85747, with per-capita income of $47,429 vs $43,568. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.3% in 85641 and 46.0% in 85747. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 3.1% — 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 $415,100 in 85641 versus $370,300 in 85747, with median rent of $2,110 and $1,869 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.1% vs 79.5%. 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.