ZIP 35765 vs ZIP 35978

This side-by-side compares ZIP 35765 (Pisgah, AL) and ZIP 35978 (Henagar, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 35765 has a population of 4,013 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 35978 has 5,390 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 35765 reports a median household income of $64,009 against $55,509 in ZIP 35978, with per-capita income of $32,357 vs $30,855. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.2% in 35765 and 12.5% in 35978. Poverty rate reads 13.2% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 3.1% — 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 $145,300 in 35765 versus $137,100 in 35978, with median rent of $933 and $1,041 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.7% vs 77.5%. 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.