ZIP 35116 vs ZIP 35091

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35116 (Morris, AL) and ZIP 35091 (Kimberly, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35116 has a population of 4,240 at 74 people per square mile, while ZIP 35091 has 2,719 at 160 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 35116 reports a median household income of $88,274 against $100,375 in ZIP 35091, with per-capita income of $40,470 vs $44,691. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.6% in 35116 and 31.5% in 35091. Poverty rate reads 7.1% vs 2.2%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 2.3% — 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 $237,000 in 35116 versus $321,300 in 35091, with median rent of $849 and $1,141 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 90.8%. 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.