ZIP 37723 vs ZIP 38558

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37723 (Crab Orchard, TN) and ZIP 38558 (Crossville, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37723 has a population of 944 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 38558 has 6,970 at 120 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 37723 reports a median household income of $60,526 against $72,819 in ZIP 38558, with per-capita income of $32,608 vs $44,040. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.2% in 37723 and 37.0% in 38558. Poverty rate reads 12.1% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 12.8% vs 3.0% — 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 $167,700 in 37723 versus $357,700 in 38558, with median rent of — and $1,370 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.6% vs 88.7%. 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.