ZIP 37801 vs ZIP 37742

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37801 (Maryville, TN) and ZIP 37742 (Greenback, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 37801 has a population of 25,124 at 139 people per square mile, while ZIP 37742 has 5,837 at 45 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 37801 reports a median household income of $73,508 against $88,983 in ZIP 37742, with per-capita income of $37,711 vs $40,000. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.3% in 37801 and 15.2% in 37742. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 2.8% — 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 $320,100 in 37801 versus $301,800 in 37742, with median rent of $1,111 and $1,054 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% vs 91.9%. 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.