ZIP 38340 vs ZIP 38356

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38340 (Henderson, TN) and ZIP 38356 (Medon, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38340 has a population of 12,935 at 28 people per square mile, while ZIP 38356 has 2,193 at 12 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 38340 reports a median household income of $63,700 against $60,594 in ZIP 38356, with per-capita income of $28,080 vs $34,891. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% in 38340 and 27.4% in 38356. Poverty rate reads 14.6% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 7.9% — 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 $160,000 in 38340 versus $159,300 in 38356, with median rent of $785 and $684 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 77.0%. 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.