ZIP 29015 vs ZIP 29126

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29015 (Blair, SC) and ZIP 29126 (Pomaria, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29015 has a population of 1,738 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 29126 has 2,267 at 11 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 29015 reports a median household income of $43,977 against $73,702 in ZIP 29126, with per-capita income of $24,267 vs $51,842. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.7% in 29015 and 23.0% in 29126. Poverty rate reads 12.9% vs 3.1%, and unemployment 13.0% vs 0.3% — 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 $106,600 in 29015 versus $195,200 in 29126, with median rent of $813 and $829 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.6% vs 90.2%. 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.