ZIP 36042 vs ZIP 36041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36042 (Honoraville, AL) and ZIP 36041 (Highland Home, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36042 has a population of 1,500 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 36041 has 1,318 at 10 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 36042 reports a median household income of $61,120 against $60,903 in ZIP 36041, with per-capita income of $32,259 vs $26,148. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 36042 and 37.0% in 36041. Poverty rate reads 19.8% vs 16.5%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 7.3% — 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 $111,000 in 36042 versus $160,500 in 36041, with median rent of $728 and $744 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.0% vs 91.2%. 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.