ZIP 30080 vs ZIP 30082

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30080 (Smyrna, GA) and ZIP 30082 (Smyrna, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30080 has a population of 49,905 at 1,415 people per square mile, while ZIP 30082 has 25,905 at 953 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 30080 reports a median household income of $91,957 against $120,372 in ZIP 30082, with per-capita income of $60,037 vs $66,640. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.6% in 30080 and 56.9% in 30082. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 3.1% — 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 $450,400 in 30080 versus $438,700 in 30082, with median rent of $1,728 and $1,747 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.3% vs 75.3%. 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.