ZIP 28303 vs ZIP 28307

This side-by-side compares ZIP 28303 (Fayetteville, NC) and ZIP 28307 (Fort Bragg, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 28303 has a population of 30,909 at 713 people per square mile, while ZIP 28307 has 17,631 at 582 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 28303 reports a median household income of $58,223 against $51,420 in ZIP 28307, with per-capita income of $35,649 vs $24,545. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.3% in 28303 and 23.2% in 28307. Poverty rate reads 15.4% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 1.9% — 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 $189,500 in 28303 versus — in 28307, with median rent of $1,192 and $1,617 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.1% vs 0.9%. 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.