ZIP 30277 vs ZIP 30289

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30277 (Sharpsburg, GA) and ZIP 30289 (Turin, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30277 has a population of 20,270 at 176 people per square mile, while ZIP 30289 has 82 at 146 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 30277 reports a median household income of $120,379 against $250,001 in ZIP 30289, with per-capita income of $51,512 vs $51,577. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.7% in 30277 and 44.4% in 30289. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.0% 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 $394,200 in 30277 versus $614,200 in 30289, with median rent of $1,229 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.2% vs 100.0%. 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.