ZIP 29051 vs ZIP 29001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29051 (Gable, SC) and ZIP 29001 (Alcolu, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29051 has a population of 951 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 29001 has 2,148 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 29051 reports a median household income of $71,250 against $65,250 in ZIP 29001, with per-capita income of $47,702 vs $25,837. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.5% in 29051 and 14.9% in 29001. Poverty rate reads 0.5% vs 24.1%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 1.8% — 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 $179,900 in 29051 versus $156,400 in 29001, with median rent of — and $680 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.3% vs 73.1%. 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.