ZIP 36525 vs ZIP 36505

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36525 (Creola, AL) and ZIP 36505 (Axis, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36525 has a population of 1,935 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 36505 has 1,481 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 36525 reports a median household income of $66,719 against $97,344 in ZIP 36505, with per-capita income of $32,209 vs $50,536. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.6% in 36525 and 25.2% in 36505. Poverty rate reads 19.5% vs 0.5%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 10.9% — 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 $209,100 in 36525 versus $191,900 in 36505, with median rent of $965 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.4% vs 83.6%. 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.