ZIP 37022 vs ZIP 37031

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37022 (Bethpage, TN) and ZIP 37031 (Castalian Springs, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37022 has a population of 5,469 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 37031 has 3,712 at 36 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 37022 reports a median household income of $79,375 against $98,114 in ZIP 37031, with per-capita income of $35,675 vs $44,690. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.2% in 37022 and 21.2% in 37031. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 8.3%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 0.7% — 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 $287,900 in 37022 versus $352,600 in 37031, with median rent of $962 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.8% vs 94.1%. 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.