ZIP 27875 vs ZIP 27810

This side-by-side compares ZIP 27875 (Scranton, NC) and ZIP 27810 (Belhaven, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 27875 has a population of 517 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 27810 has 4,377 at 13 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 27875 reports a median household income of $21,991 against $51,277 in ZIP 27810, with per-capita income of $23,792 vs $31,734. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.8% in 27875 and 20.7% in 27810. Poverty rate reads 26.4% vs 22.5%, and unemployment 13.5% vs 6.5% — 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 $103,700 in 27875 versus $173,900 in 27810, with median rent of — and $1,049 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.4% vs 69.0%. 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.