ZIP 92551 vs ZIP 92518

This side-by-side compares ZIP 92551 (Moreno Valley, CA) and ZIP 92518 (March Air Reserve Base, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 92551 has a population of 30,815 at 2,026 people per square mile, while ZIP 92518 has 1,162 at 38 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 92551 reports a median household income of $99,970 against $79,219 in ZIP 92518, with per-capita income of $25,936 vs $41,413. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.0% in 92551 and 30.1% in 92518. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 29.6%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 8.6% — 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 $474,000 in 92551 versus — in 92518, with median rent of $2,137 and $1,678 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.0% vs 3.8%. 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.