ZIP 28102 vs ZIP 28119

This side-by-side compares ZIP 28102 (Mc Farlan, NC) and ZIP 28119 (Morven, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 28102 has a population of 78 at 60 people per square mile, while ZIP 28119 has 2,801 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 28102 reports a median household income of — against $50,194 in ZIP 28119, with per-capita income of $12,678 vs $23,722. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.0% in 28102 and 5.2% in 28119. Poverty rate reads 77.4% vs 25.6%, and unemployment 36.4% vs 2.2% — 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 $115,000 in 28102 versus $79,800 in 28119, with median rent of — and $816 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 26.7% vs 72.8%. 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.