ZIP 39845 vs ZIP 39859

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39845 (Donalsonville, GA) and ZIP 39859 (Iron City, GA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39845 has a population of 7,871 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 39859 has 1,281 at 8 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 39845 reports a median household income of $50,130 against — in ZIP 39859, with per-capita income of $30,380 vs $29,379. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.5% in 39845 and 18.6% in 39859. Poverty rate reads 19.1% vs 35.3%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 11.5% — 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 $119,800 in 39845 versus $137,900 in 39859, with median rent of $874 and $728 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.9% 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.