ZIP 35014 vs ZIP 35032

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35014 (Alpine, AL) and ZIP 35032 (Bon Air, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35014 has a population of 4,546 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 35032 has 66 at 159 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 35014 reports a median household income of $70,688 against $30,156 in ZIP 35032, with per-capita income of $37,364 vs $12,270. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.0% in 35014 and 0.0% in 35032. Poverty rate reads 15.4% vs 44.9%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 13.8% — 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 $171,800 in 35014 versus — in 35032, with median rent of $735 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.6% vs 74.2%. 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.