ZIP 35760 vs ZIP 35747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35760 (New Hope, AL) and ZIP 35747 (Grant, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35760 has a population of 5,065 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 35747 has 5,901 at 31 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 35760 reports a median household income of $71,622 against $76,420 in ZIP 35747, with per-capita income of $34,497 vs $39,694. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.1% in 35760 and 27.7% in 35747. Poverty rate reads 13.8% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 2.8% — 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 $172,600 in 35760 versus $237,000 in 35747, with median rent of $1,089 and $731 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.8% vs 87.9%. 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.