ZIP 48060 vs ZIP 48059

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48060 (Port Huron, MI) and ZIP 48059 (Fort Gratiot, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 48060 has a population of 40,831 at 756 people per square mile, while ZIP 48059 has 15,123 at 185 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 48060 reports a median household income of $53,018 against $80,062 in ZIP 48059, with per-capita income of $32,179 vs $39,425. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.0% in 48060 and 28.9% in 48059. Poverty rate reads 21.0% vs 6.7%, and unemployment 7.5% vs 4.2% — 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 $160,900 in 48060 versus $221,700 in 48059, with median rent of $1,019 and $994 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.0% vs 83.1%. 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.