ZIP 38050 vs ZIP 38034

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38050 (Maury City, TN) and ZIP 38034 (Friendship, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38050 has a population of 459 at 90 people per square mile, while ZIP 38034 has 2,998 at 12 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 38050 reports a median household income of $65,403 against $47,241 in ZIP 38034, with per-capita income of $31,753 vs $28,605. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.7% in 38050 and 9.2% in 38034. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 18.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.7% — 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 $80,800 in 38050 versus $132,400 in 38034, with median rent of $866 and $683 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% vs 83.8%. 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.