ZIP 49322 vs ZIP 49347

This side-by-side compares ZIP 49322 (Coral, MI) and ZIP 49347 (Trufant, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 49322 has a population of 1,212 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 49347 has 1,257 at 26 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 49322 reports a median household income of $73,750 against $91,477 in ZIP 49347, with per-capita income of $30,959 vs $33,386. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.7% in 49322 and 16.4% in 49347. Poverty rate reads 10.1% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 10.6% — 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 $156,800 in 49322 versus $177,100 in 49347, with median rent of $1,075 and $975 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.8% vs 91.8%. 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.