ZIP 28310 vs ZIP 28308

This side-by-side compares ZIP 28310 (Fort Bragg, NC) and ZIP 28308 (Pope Army Airfield, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 28310 has a population of 3,459 at 293 people per square mile, while ZIP 28308 has 405 at 42 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 28310 reports a median household income of — against — in ZIP 28308, with per-capita income of $33,334 vs $31,611. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.5% in 28310 and 60.0% in 28308. Poverty rate reads — vs —, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 — in 28310 versus — in 28308, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is — vs —. 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.