ZIP 36316 vs ZIP 36313

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36316 (Chancellor, AL) and ZIP 36313 (Bellwood, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36316 has a population of 1,722 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 36313 has 285 at 28 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 36316 reports a median household income of $77,016 against — in ZIP 36313, with per-capita income of $42,425 vs $42,645. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 36316 and 7.5% in 36313. Poverty rate reads 15.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 6.0% — 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 $207,800 in 36316 versus $184,200 in 36313, with median rent of $1,131 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 64.4%. 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.