ZIP 35621 vs ZIP 35670

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35621 (Eva, AL) and ZIP 35670 (Somerville, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35621 has a population of 2,852 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 35670 has 7,676 at 29 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 35621 reports a median household income of $78,633 against $51,864 in ZIP 35670, with per-capita income of $39,847 vs $33,127. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.8% in 35621 and 21.9% in 35670. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 31.1%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 4.9% — 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 $214,000 in 35621 versus $205,400 in 35670, with median rent of $620 and $781 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.0% vs 74.9%. 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.