ZIP 28125 vs ZIP 27013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 28125 (Mount Ulla, NC) and ZIP 27013 (Cleveland, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 28125 has a population of 2,525 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 27013 has 6,057 at 31 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 28125 reports a median household income of $85,739 against $66,301 in ZIP 27013, with per-capita income of $40,123 vs $30,214. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.8% in 28125 and 15.5% in 27013. Poverty rate reads 0.8% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 9.9% — 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 $360,700 in 28125 versus $212,400 in 27013, with median rent of $1,149 and $800 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.8% vs 85.6%. 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.