ZIP 30084 vs ZIP 30021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30084 (Tucker, GA) and ZIP 30021 (Clarkston, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30084 has a population of 35,921 at 910 people per square mile, while ZIP 30021 has 21,989 at 2,401 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 30084 reports a median household income of $81,304 against $52,278 in ZIP 30021, with per-capita income of $44,055 vs $20,777. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.1% in 30084 and 24.5% in 30021. Poverty rate reads 10.9% vs 29.3%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 9.0% — 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 $360,500 in 30084 versus $275,400 in 30021, with median rent of $1,751 and $1,346 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.7% vs 25.1%. 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.