ZIP 36558 vs ZIP 36553

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36558 (Millry, AL) and ZIP 36553 (Mc Intosh, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36558 has a population of 3,854 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 36553 has 3,575 at 13 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 36558 reports a median household income of $63,967 against $51,897 in ZIP 36553, with per-capita income of $35,322 vs $23,734. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.2% in 36558 and 10.2% in 36553. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 32.3%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 11.3% — 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 $141,400 in 36558 versus $185,900 in 36553, with median rent of $650 and $488 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.6% vs 83.7%. 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.