ZIP 30450 vs ZIP 30425

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