ZIP 38225 vs ZIP 38229

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38225 (Dresden, TN) and ZIP 38229 (Gleason, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38225 has a population of 6,283 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 38229 has 2,931 at 19 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 38225 reports a median household income of $50,545 against $58,715 in ZIP 38229, with per-capita income of $27,562 vs $27,382. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 38225 and 18.3% in 38229. Poverty rate reads 21.2% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 2.4% — 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 $134,900 in 38225 versus $146,600 in 38229, with median rent of $760 and $685 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.5% vs 79.5%. 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.