ZIP 35083 vs ZIP 35087

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35083 (Holly Pond, AL) and ZIP 35087 (Joppa, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35083 has a population of 3,268 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 35087 has 2,115 at 36 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 35083 reports a median household income of $55,335 against $67,043 in ZIP 35087, with per-capita income of $26,965 vs $44,035. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.7% in 35083 and 21.5% in 35087. Poverty rate reads 20.4% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 9.1% vs 1.1% — 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 $225,400 in 35083 versus $172,200 in 35087, with median rent of $1,058 and $863 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.0% vs 85.6%. 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.