ZIP 28445 vs ZIP 28460

This side-by-side compares ZIP 28445 (Holly Ridge, NC) and ZIP 28460 (Sneads Ferry, NC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 28445 has a population of 5,676 at 42 people per square mile, while ZIP 28460 has 7,652 at 85 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 28445 reports a median household income of $84,016 against $88,908 in ZIP 28460, with per-capita income of $54,773 vs $46,403. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.6% in 28445 and 34.2% in 28460. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 9.7%, and unemployment 0.8% vs 1.2% — 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 $386,100 in 28445 versus $343,600 in 28460, with median rent of $1,151 and $1,674 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 74.7%. 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.