ZIP 97810 vs ZIP 97813

This side-by-side compares ZIP 97810 (Adams, OR) and ZIP 97813 (Athena, OR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 97810 has a population of 815 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 97813 has 1,302 at 9 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 97810 reports a median household income of $68,654 against $75,700 in ZIP 97813, with per-capita income of $36,885 vs $41,045. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.1% in 97810 and 35.4% in 97813. Poverty rate reads 2.0% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 1.0% — 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 $281,300 in 97810 versus $241,200 in 97813, with median rent of — and $894 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.4% vs 80.5%. 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.