ZIP 86021 vs ZIP 84784

This side-by-side compares ZIP 86021 (Colorado City, AZ) and ZIP 84784 (Hildale, UT) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 86021 has a population of 6,085 at 88 people per square mile, while ZIP 84784 has 2,745 at 75 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 86021 reports a median household income of $90,096 against $78,523 in ZIP 84784, with per-capita income of $21,209 vs $22,947. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 86021 and 21.7% in 84784. Poverty rate reads 18.1% vs 19.3%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 8.9% — 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 $395,300 in 86021 versus $379,200 in 84784, with median rent of $1,495 and $1,495 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.7% vs 71.4%. 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.