ZIP 36010 vs ZIP 36311

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36010 (Brundidge, AL) and ZIP 36311 (Ariton, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36010 has a population of 4,677 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 36311 has 2,770 at 9 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 36010 reports a median household income of $41,503 against $51,563 in ZIP 36311, with per-capita income of $25,211 vs $26,760. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 36010 and 13.0% in 36311. Poverty rate reads 23.9% vs 16.3%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 4.6% — 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 $110,100 in 36010 versus $158,000 in 36311, with median rent of $707 and $539 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.9% vs 86.9%. 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.