ZIP 37311 vs ZIP 37353

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37311 (Cleveland, TN) and ZIP 37353 (Mc Donald, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37311 has a population of 27,373 at 196 people per square mile, while ZIP 37353 has 4,513 at 47 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 37311 reports a median household income of $47,153 against $74,252 in ZIP 37353, with per-capita income of $26,309 vs $53,293. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.6% in 37311 and 30.2% in 37353. Poverty rate reads 20.2% vs 8.9%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 9.4% — 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 $226,800 in 37311 versus $253,300 in 37353, with median rent of $932 and $1,093 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.6% vs 91.8%. 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.