ZIP 27849 vs ZIP 27840

This side-by-side compares ZIP 27849 (Lewiston Woodville, NC) and ZIP 27840 (Hamilton, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 27849 has a population of 1,544 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 27840 has 514 at 16 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 27849 reports a median household income of $46,594 against $37,857 in ZIP 27840, with per-capita income of $19,114 vs $23,652. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.8% in 27849 and 12.7% in 27840. Poverty rate reads 50.6% vs 24.8%, and unemployment 5.7% 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 $53,700 in 27849 versus $61,800 in 27840, with median rent of $788 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.0% vs 90.3%. 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.