ZIP 95023 vs ZIP 95045

This side-by-side compares ZIP 95023 (Hollister, CA) and ZIP 95045 (San Juan Bautista, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 95023 has a population of 48,841 at 46 people per square mile, while ZIP 95045 has 4,046 at 33 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 95023 reports a median household income of $116,314 against $110,438 in ZIP 95045, with per-capita income of $44,327 vs $53,454. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.1% in 95023 and 37.0% in 95045. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 8.3%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 7.0% — 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 $784,100 in 95023 versus $896,700 in 95045, with median rent of $1,949 and $2,145 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.1% vs 67.4%. 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.