ZIP 36575 vs ZIP 36608

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36575 (Semmes, AL) and ZIP 36608 (Mobile, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36575 has a population of 18,345 at 169 people per square mile, while ZIP 36608 has 36,864 at 228 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 36575 reports a median household income of $75,884 against $61,146 in ZIP 36608, with per-capita income of $35,157 vs $41,328. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 36575 and 42.3% in 36608. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 16.6%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 3.6% — 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 $205,500 in 36575 versus $262,200 in 36608, with median rent of $1,101 and $1,047 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% vs 54.2%. 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.