ZIP 36456 vs ZIP 36033

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36456 (Mc Kenzie, AL) and ZIP 36033 (Georgiana, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36456 has a population of 1,820 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 36033 has 4,299 at 7 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 36456 reports a median household income of $66,150 against $37,975 in ZIP 36033, with per-capita income of $28,590 vs $25,540. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.8% in 36456 and 11.9% in 36033. Poverty rate reads 12.1% vs 17.6%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 5.4% — 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 $109,200 in 36456 versus $90,600 in 36033, with median rent of $588 and $616 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 68.7%. 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.