ZIP 92549 vs ZIP 92230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 92549 (Idyllwild, CA) and ZIP 92230 (Cabazon, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 92549 has a population of 3,926 at 55 people per square mile, while ZIP 92230 has 2,550 at 65 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 92549 reports a median household income of $73,750 against $48,704 in ZIP 92230, with per-capita income of $51,070 vs $27,464. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.6% in 92549 and 8.4% in 92230. Poverty rate reads 12.2% vs 24.4%, and unemployment 5.0% 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 $532,300 in 92549 versus $270,400 in 92230, with median rent of $1,554 and $1,519 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.4% vs 60.1%. 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.