ZIP 36025 vs ZIP 36020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36025 (Elmore, AL) and ZIP 36020 (Coosada, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36025 has a population of 5,729 at 154 people per square mile, while ZIP 36020 has 1,123 at 43 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 36025 reports a median household income of $54,414 against $61,161 in ZIP 36020, with per-capita income of $19,532 vs $26,929. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.1% in 36025 and 19.3% in 36020. Poverty rate reads 17.0% vs 20.9%, and unemployment 12.9% vs 1.8% — 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 $175,700 in 36025 versus $182,600 in 36020, with median rent of $1,122 and $922 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.3% vs 89.0%. 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.