ZIP 36548 vs ZIP 36545

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36548 (Leroy, AL) and ZIP 36545 (Jackson, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36548 has a population of 1,136 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 36545 has 9,941 at 10 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 36548 reports a median household income of $78,676 against $46,553 in ZIP 36545, with per-capita income of $31,382 vs $28,907. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.0% in 36548 and 16.5% in 36545. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 25.2%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 14.7% — 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 $202,700 in 36548 versus $141,200 in 36545, with median rent of — and $650 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.9% vs 67.4%. 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.