ZIP 35747 vs ZIP 35760

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35747 (Grant, AL) and ZIP 35760 (New Hope, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35747 has a population of 5,901 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 35760 has 5,065 at 37 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 35747 reports a median household income of $76,420 against $71,622 in ZIP 35760, with per-capita income of $39,694 vs $34,497. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.7% in 35747 and 29.1% in 35760. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 13.8%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 5.5% — 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 35747 versus $172,600 in 35760, with median rent of $731 and $1,089 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 83.8%. 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.