ZIP 37118 vs ZIP 37085

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37118 (Milton, TN) and ZIP 37085 (Lascassas, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37118 has a population of 1,264 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 37085 has 4,035 at 28 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 37118 reports a median household income of $74,592 against $119,405 in ZIP 37085, with per-capita income of $32,089 vs $50,476. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.5% in 37118 and 43.1% in 37085. Poverty rate reads 14.2% vs 2.5%, and unemployment 7.1% vs 3.4% — 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 $478,300 in 37118 versus $425,400 in 37085, with median rent of — and $978 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.0% vs 94.3%. 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.