ZIP 37650 vs ZIP 37692

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37650 (Erwin, TN) and ZIP 37692 (Unicoi, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37650 has a population of 12,750 at 50 people per square mile, while ZIP 37692 has 4,770 at 35 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 37650 reports a median household income of $50,654 against $53,531 in ZIP 37692, with per-capita income of $27,809 vs $34,520. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 37650 and 27.4% in 37692. Poverty rate reads 12.4% vs 18.2%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 5.3% — 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 $168,100 in 37650 versus $232,600 in 37692, with median rent of $722 and $919 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.8% vs 66.1%. 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.