ZIP 35044 vs ZIP 35032

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35044 (Childersburg, 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 35044 has a population of 7,713 at 52 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 35044 reports a median household income of $56,425 against $30,156 in ZIP 35032, with per-capita income of $33,359 vs $12,270. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 35044 and 0.0% in 35032. Poverty rate reads 17.2% vs 44.9%, and unemployment 5.5% 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 $124,500 in 35044 versus — in 35032, with median rent of $788 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.3% 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.