ZIP 36043 vs ZIP 36105

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36043 (Hope Hull, AL) and ZIP 36105 (Montgomery, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36043 has a population of 3,666 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 36105 has 12,043 at 63 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 36043 reports a median household income of $73,571 against $41,486 in ZIP 36105, with per-capita income of $36,058 vs $25,231. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.3% in 36043 and 17.1% in 36105. Poverty rate reads 12.7% vs 28.8%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 8.9% — 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 $195,800 in 36043 versus $82,400 in 36105, with median rent of $1,097 and $951 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.9% vs 60.1%. 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.