ZIP 76058 vs ZIP 76036

This side-by-side compares ZIP 76058 (Joshua, TX) and ZIP 76036 (Crowley, TX) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 76058 has a population of 17,123 at 121 people per square mile, while ZIP 76036 has 22,352 at 188 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 76058 reports a median household income of $71,328 against $97,973 in ZIP 76036, with per-capita income of $30,720 vs $42,135. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 76058 and 32.0% in 76036. Poverty rate reads 15.9% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 3.9% — 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 $275,900 in 76058 versus $319,300 in 76036, with median rent of $1,385 and $1,681 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.5% vs 76.3%. 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.