ZIP 30742 vs ZIP 30741

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30742 (Fort Oglethorpe, GA) and ZIP 30741 (Rossville, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30742 has a population of 7,460 at 860 people per square mile, while ZIP 30741 has 29,290 at 454 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 30742 reports a median household income of $49,323 against $58,834 in ZIP 30741, with per-capita income of $26,180 vs $29,188. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.8% in 30742 and 18.8% in 30741. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 15.6%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 4.5% — 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 $194,000 in 30742 versus $172,700 in 30741, with median rent of $927 and $1,040 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 36.6% vs 67.7%. 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.