ZIP 29056 vs ZIP 29590

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29056 (Greeleyville, SC) and ZIP 29590 (Salters, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29056 has a population of 2,448 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 29590 has 3,677 at 14 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 29056 reports a median household income of $47,031 against $31,115 in ZIP 29590, with per-capita income of $27,756 vs $19,331. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 29056 and 13.6% in 29590. Poverty rate reads 22.5% vs 34.6%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 3.8% — 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 $83,700 in 29056 versus $74,400 in 29590, with median rent of $962 and $674 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% vs 88.2%. 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.