ZIP 36322 vs ZIP 36352

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36322 (Daleville, AL) and ZIP 36352 (Newton, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36322 has a population of 9,072 at 56 people per square mile, while ZIP 36352 has 4,885 at 27 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 36322 reports a median household income of $47,276 against $71,997 in ZIP 36352, with per-capita income of $32,340 vs $35,899. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.3% in 36322 and 22.1% in 36352. Poverty rate reads 13.9% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 6.8% vs 2.6% — 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 $124,700 in 36322 versus $174,500 in 36352, with median rent of $844 and $809 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.2% vs 81.5%. 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.