ZIP 36319 vs ZIP 36376

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36319 (Columbia, AL) and ZIP 36376 (Webb, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36319 has a population of 2,276 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 36376 has 2,445 at 42 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 36319 reports a median household income of $62,159 against $49,700 in ZIP 36376, with per-capita income of $29,034 vs $28,042. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.8% in 36319 and 8.4% in 36376. Poverty rate reads 12.9% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 5.1% — 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 $165,600 in 36319 versus $106,100 in 36376, with median rent of $812 and $791 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.7% vs 76.8%. 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.