ZIP 29014 vs ZIP 29729

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29014 (Blackstock, SC) and ZIP 29729 (Richburg, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29014 has a population of 1,891 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 29729 has 2,271 at 13 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 29014 reports a median household income of $62,422 against $53,618 in ZIP 29729, with per-capita income of $29,907 vs $27,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 29014 and 14.6% in 29729. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 22.2%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 3.3% — 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 $187,300 in 29014 versus $102,500 in 29729, with median rent of — and $1,000 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 93.7%. 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.