ZIP 35750 vs ZIP 35759

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35750 (Hazel Green, AL) and ZIP 35759 (Meridianville, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35750 has a population of 12,783 at 78 people per square mile, while ZIP 35759 has 6,406 at 152 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 35750 reports a median household income of $68,389 against $102,880 in ZIP 35759, with per-capita income of $37,692 vs $45,922. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.6% in 35750 and 44.6% in 35759. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 3.6% — 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 $218,800 in 35750 versus $295,900 in 35759, with median rent of $993 and $1,634 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.3% vs 90.7%. 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.