ZIP 35630 vs ZIP 35660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35630 (Florence, AL) and ZIP 35660 (Sheffield, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35630 has a population of 32,629 at 491 people per square mile, while ZIP 35660 has 9,042 at 530 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 35630 reports a median household income of $46,304 against $40,065 in ZIP 35660, with per-capita income of $30,102 vs $29,090. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.7% in 35630 and 18.2% in 35660. Poverty rate reads 21.0% vs 26.5%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 5.2% — 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 $174,800 in 35630 versus $135,400 in 35660, with median rent of $820 and $829 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 45.3% vs 60.6%. 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.