ZIP 36075 vs ZIP 36013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36075 (Shorter, AL) and ZIP 36013 (Cecil, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36075 has a population of 2,226 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 36013 has 562 at 13 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 36075 reports a median household income of $53,505 against $174,659 in ZIP 36013, with per-capita income of $31,090 vs $52,041. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 36075 and 55.8% in 36013. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 0.0% — 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 $115,700 in 36075 versus $434,300 in 36013, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 100.0%. 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.