ZIP 36048 vs ZIP 36017

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36048 (Louisville, AL) and ZIP 36017 (Clio, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36048 has a population of 1,459 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 36017 has 3,318 at 21 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 36048 reports a median household income of $44,158 against $41,167 in ZIP 36017, with per-capita income of $30,880 vs $17,027. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.6% in 36048 and 6.0% in 36017. Poverty rate reads 14.5% vs 30.6%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 9.1% — 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 $78,900 in 36048 versus $97,000 in 36017, with median rent of $666 and $434 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% vs 67.1%. 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.