ZIP 36040 vs ZIP 36752

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36040 (Hayneville, AL) and ZIP 36752 (Lowndesboro, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36040 has a population of 3,976 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 36752 has 1,644 at 4 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 36040 reports a median household income of $37,872 against $44,153 in ZIP 36752, with per-capita income of $27,469 vs $38,405. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 36040 and 21.8% in 36752. Poverty rate reads 32.3% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 9.7% vs 2.7% — 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 $70,100 in 36040 versus $124,700 in 36752, with median rent of $676 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 95.0%. 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.