ZIP 36373 vs ZIP 36310

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36373 (Shorterville, AL) and ZIP 36310 (Abbeville, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36373 has a population of 581 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 36310 has 6,783 at 12 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 36373 reports a median household income of $55,800 against $34,744 in ZIP 36310, with per-capita income of $29,666 vs $28,048. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 1.6% in 36373 and 14.5% in 36310. Poverty rate reads 24.3% vs 24.6%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 5.3% — 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 $125,700 in 36373 versus $124,900 in 36310, with median rent of — and $656 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.2% vs 70.1%. 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.