ZIP 34601 vs ZIP 34661

This side-by-side compares ZIP 34601 (Brooksville, FL) and ZIP 34661 (Nobleton, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 34601 has a population of 22,336 at 71 people per square mile, while ZIP 34661 has 297 at 43 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 34601 reports a median household income of $60,440 against — in ZIP 34661, with per-capita income of $34,784 vs $24,742. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.5% in 34601 and 11.9% in 34661. Poverty rate reads 14.7% vs 12.2%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 15.5% — 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 $188,400 in 34601 versus $145,200 in 34661, with median rent of $1,153 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.4% vs 68.1%. 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.