ZIP 37820 vs ZIP 37760

This side-by-side compares ZIP 37820 (New Market, 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 37820 has a population of 7,495 at 44 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 37820 reports a median household income of $66,616 against $66,190 in ZIP 37760, with per-capita income of $31,343 vs $49,927. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.7% in 37820 and 26.8% in 37760. Poverty rate reads 10.9% vs 16.5%, and unemployment 3.3% 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 $204,600 in 37820 versus $238,200 in 37760, with median rent of $906 and $880 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.6% 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.