ZIP 37711 vs ZIP 37891

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37711 (Bulls Gap, TN) and ZIP 37891 (Whitesburg, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37711 has a population of 5,044 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 37891 has 3,626 at 44 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 37711 reports a median household income of $42,406 against $47,288 in ZIP 37891, with per-capita income of $24,178 vs $24,779. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.3% in 37711 and 13.2% in 37891. Poverty rate reads 28.9% vs 19.2%, and unemployment 7.8% vs 18.7% — 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 $121,500 in 37711 versus $174,900 in 37891, with median rent of $742 and $781 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.3% vs 69.8%. 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.