ZIP 38030 vs ZIP 38047

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38030 (Finley, TN) and ZIP 38047 (Lenox, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38030 has a population of 977 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 38047 has 91 at 36 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 38030 reports a median household income of $123,750 against $58,438 in ZIP 38047, with per-capita income of $59,659 vs $15,611. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 38030 and 0.0% in 38047. Poverty rate reads 2.6% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $192,700 in 38030 versus — in 38047, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.3% vs 0.0%. 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.