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The richest and poorest ZIP codes in Georgia

Ranking all 610 Georgia ZIP codes by median household income. 30327 leads at $189,250; 39840 sits at the bottom at $22,540.

By CensusEasy Data Team·May 26, 2026·6 min read·Data: ACS 5-year 2020-2024
The richest and poorest ZIP codes in Georgia

This study ranks every populated ZIP code in Georgia by median household income, using the most recent American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Of the 610 Georgia ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published income estimate, the median ZIP reports $65,852, the richest reports $189,250, and the poorest reports $22,540. The richest Georgia ZIP earns roughly 8.4× the poorest.

The 25 richest ZIP codes in Georgia

30327 in Fulton County County tops the state at $189,250.

#ZIPCountyMedian household incomePopulation
130327Fulton County$189,25023,673
230005Fulton County$176,95741,836
330075Fulton County$157,33556,263
430004Fulton County$156,10068,707
530022Fulton County$153,29464,546
630041Forsyth County$152,56477,664
730068Cobb County$150,10133,882
830024Gwinnett County$143,87988,067
930307DeKalb County$140,67721,709
1030028Forsyth County$138,01138,433
1131411Chatham County$137,3759,390
1230040Forsyth County$137,21182,532
1330338DeKalb County$135,14839,465
1431025Houston County$133,8391,387
1530622Oconee County$133,56311,280
1630062Cobb County$132,63162,284
1730319DeKalb County$130,64845,985
1830030DeKalb County$126,83031,756
1930152Cobb County$126,57844,977
2030009Fulton County$126,51021,095
2130809Columbia County$125,27254,743
2230097Fulton County$124,89046,876
2330342Fulton County$124,11133,349
2430363Fulton County$123,6673,523
2530306Fulton County$123,07724,236

The 25 poorest ZIP codes in Georgia

39840 in Randolph County County sits at the bottom of the state at $22,540.

#ZIPCountyMedian household incomePopulation
139840Randolph County$22,5404,469
231057Macon County$23,6011,757
330901Richmond County$25,16316,484
431825Stewart County$28,6982,986
531201Bibb County$29,4207,891
631206Bibb County$30,04224,310
730411Wheeler County$30,2384,650
831068Macon County$30,3524,377
939866Calhoun County$31,0232,048
1031824Webster County$31,7421,066
1130445Montgomery County$32,3923,389
1231903Muscogee County$32,40120,644
1331714Turner County$33,2875,975
1431827Talbot County$34,9461,590
1531701Dougherty County$35,02516,135
1631044Twiggs County$35,1523,082
1739886Randolph County$35,3951,386
1831562Charlton County$35,6943,620
1931089Washington County$36,0944,239
2031601Lowndes County$36,11131,302
2130828Warren County$36,4443,426
2231042Wilkinson County$36,5691,600
2339846Calhoun County$36,6611,828
2431519Coffee County$36,8343,126
2531643Brooks County$37,0439,693

How to read this

ZIP-code-level income is one of the most-asked questions about American geography and one of the noisiest answers. A ZIP with a handful of high-income retirees can outrank a wealthy suburb that has more residents but a wider income range. We require at least 1,000 residents to enter the ranking, which removes the most extreme small-N noise without dropping legitimate small ZIPs.

ZIP codes are also not what most people think they are. The Census Bureau publishes data for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), which are statistical approximations of USPS ZIP code service areas, drawn from the residential addresses in the 2020 Decennial Census. Some real ZIP codes are PO-Box-only and have no ZCTA; some ZCTAs combine adjacent ZIPs. Treat each row as "the area around ZIP X" rather than "ZIP X itself" and the rankings hold up.

The full ranked list of all 610 Georgia ZIPs (not just the top and bottom 25) is available as a CSV at /data/studies/richest-and-poorest-zip-codes-in-georgia.csv. Click any ZIP above to open its CensusEasy page, which carries the full demographic profile (age, education, race, housing, commute) for that ZIP plus its national percentile on each metric.

Frequently asked

What is the richest ZIP code in Georgia?

30327 in Fulton County County, with a median household income of $189,250 in the latest ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the poorest ZIP code in Georgia?

39840 in Randolph County County, with a median household income of $22,540. The minimum-population threshold for inclusion is 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing from the list?

ZIPs with fewer than 1,000 residents are excluded because the ACS income estimate carries too much sampling noise to rank reliably. PO-Box-only ZIPs are also excluded because the Census Bureau does not publish demographic data for them (they are not ZCTAs).

Methodology

Median household income by ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), from the latest American Community Survey 5-year estimates (table B19013). We restrict the ranking to Georgia ZCTAs with at least 1,000 residents and a published income value, which excludes the smallest ZIPs whose ACS estimates have very wide confidence intervals.

State assignment uses the Census 2020 ZCTA-to-state crosswalk; ZIPs that straddle a state line are assigned to the state containing the bulk of their population. County labels come from the parent county in the Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county crosswalk.

The ranking is sorted by income value, not by margin of error. For the largest ZIPs the published estimate is precise to within a few hundred dollars; for the smallest qualifying ZIPs the margin can be five thousand dollars or more. Treat positions within a tight cluster as roughly tied.

Download the data

The full underlying ranking is available as a CSV — every place with both data points, not just the top rows shown above. Columns: rank, place, state, baseline value, latest value, change, and the CensusEasy URL for each place.

richest-and-poorest-zip-codes-in-georgia.csv
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CensusEasy Data Team (2026). "The richest and poorest ZIP codes in Georgia." CensusEasy. Retrieved from https://censuseasy.com/studies/richest-and-poorest-zip-codes-in-georgia
Sources
  • 1990 Decennial Census - Summary Tape File 3A (STF3A), public-domain CD-ROM extracts. Median household income from P080, education attainment from P057, mean commute time computed from P049.
  • American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates - US Census Bureau, latest published vintage, Tables B19013 (income), B15003 (education), B08303 / B08013 (commute), B25077 (home value).
  • Decennial Census 2020 - for population and density baselines.
  • BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) - annual averages, used to convert nominal dollars to 2024 dollars. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • The full underlying tables for every place are available on each place's CensusEasy page; click any row in this study to open the place page.
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