ZIP 36362 vs ZIP 36322

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36362 (Fort Rucker, AL) and ZIP 36322 (Daleville, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36362 has a population of 4,637 at 61 people per square mile, while ZIP 36322 has 9,072 at 56 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 36362 reports a median household income of $74,541 against $47,276 in ZIP 36322, with per-capita income of $27,016 vs $32,340. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.9% in 36362 and 18.3% in 36322. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 13.9%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 6.8% — 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 — in 36362 versus $124,700 in 36322, with median rent of $1,441 and $844 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 61.2%. 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.