ZIP 48040 vs ZIP 48060

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48040 (Marysville, MI) and ZIP 48060 (Port Huron, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 48040 has a population of 9,956 at 556 people per square mile, while ZIP 48060 has 40,831 at 756 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 48040 reports a median household income of $66,901 against $53,018 in ZIP 48060, with per-capita income of $37,451 vs $32,179. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.6% in 48040 and 17.0% in 48060. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 21.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 7.5% — 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 $208,600 in 48040 versus $160,900 in 48060, with median rent of $974 and $1,019 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.9% vs 63.0%. 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.