ZIP 36320 vs ZIP 32426

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36320 (Cottonwood, AL) and ZIP 32426 (Campbellton, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36320 has a population of 3,837 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 32426 has 942 at 8 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 36320 reports a median household income of $50,000 against $33,802 in ZIP 32426, with per-capita income of $29,090 vs $20,170. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.0% in 36320 and 1.9% in 32426. Poverty rate reads 18.8% vs 20.3%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 5.6% — 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 $152,700 in 36320 versus $73,200 in 32426, with median rent of $708 and $927 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.2% vs 87.8%. 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.