ZIP 30425 vs ZIP 30450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30425 (Garfield, GA) and ZIP 30450 (Portal, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30425 has a population of 1,198 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 30450 has 2,583 at 20 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 30425 reports a median household income of $73,889 against $60,900 in ZIP 30450, with per-capita income of $32,321 vs $28,813. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.8% in 30425 and 25.1% in 30450. Poverty rate reads 15.0% vs 17.7%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 5.6% — 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 $209,700 in 30425 versus $153,100 in 30450, with median rent of $617 and $1,034 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.1% vs 64.7%. 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.