ZIP 37721 vs ZIP 37924

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37721 (Corryton, TN) and ZIP 37924 (Knoxville, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37721 has a population of 12,733 at 100 people per square mile, while ZIP 37924 has 11,259 at 158 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 37721 reports a median household income of $64,892 against $80,112 in ZIP 37924, with per-capita income of $33,223 vs $35,301. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.8% in 37721 and 26.6% in 37924. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 1.6% — 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 $233,300 in 37721 versus $251,200 in 37924, with median rent of $973 and $1,134 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.3% vs 77.0%. 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.