ZIP 36752 vs ZIP 36040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 36752 (Lowndesboro, AL) and ZIP 36040 (Hayneville, AL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 36752 has a population of 1,644 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 36040 has 3,976 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 36752 reports a median household income of $44,153 against $37,872 in ZIP 36040, with per-capita income of $38,405 vs $27,469. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.8% in 36752 and 12.5% in 36040. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 32.3%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 9.7% — 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 $124,700 in 36752 versus $70,100 in 36040, with median rent of — and $676 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.0% vs 67.8%. 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.