ZIP 37725 vs ZIP 37760

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37725 (Dandridge, TN) and ZIP 37760 (Jefferson City, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37725 has a population of 16,919 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 37760 has 12,931 at 125 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 37725 reports a median household income of $68,385 against $66,190 in ZIP 37760, with per-capita income of $35,929 vs $49,927. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 37725 and 26.8% in 37760. Poverty rate reads 9.2% vs 16.5%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 5.0% — 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 $261,500 in 37725 versus $238,200 in 37760, with median rent of $917 and $880 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.5% vs 64.1%. 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.