ZIP 48326 vs ZIP 48340

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48326 (Auburn Hills, MI) and ZIP 48340 (Pontiac, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 48326 has a population of 20,298 at 455 people per square mile, while ZIP 48340 has 24,307 at 1,251 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 48326 reports a median household income of $85,190 against $47,891 in ZIP 48340, with per-capita income of $51,972 vs $26,623. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.9% in 48326 and 13.9% in 48340. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 21.4%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 10.0% — 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 $245,700 in 48326 versus $119,900 in 48340, with median rent of $1,477 and $1,135 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.7% vs 45.7%. 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.