ZIP 27040 vs ZIP 27050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 27040 (Pfafftown, NC) and ZIP 27050 (Tobaccoville, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 27040 has a population of 10,893 at 158 people per square mile, while ZIP 27050 has 3,893 at 60 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 27040 reports a median household income of $92,601 against $88,750 in ZIP 27050, with per-capita income of $44,384 vs $42,522. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.1% in 27040 and 26.7% in 27050. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 2.9% — 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 $278,000 in 27040 versus $188,700 in 27050, with median rent of $1,514 and $919 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.2% vs 84.4%. 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.