ZIP 30257 vs ZIP 30224

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30257 (Milner, GA) and ZIP 30224 (Griffin, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30257 has a population of 4,138 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 30224 has 25,197 at 147 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 30257 reports a median household income of $67,941 against $70,216 in ZIP 30224, with per-capita income of $31,204 vs $49,015. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.1% in 30257 and 22.6% in 30224. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 18.4%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 6.4% — 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 $245,100 in 30257 versus $239,100 in 30224, with median rent of $913 and $1,166 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.7% vs 65.9%. 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.