ZIP 29082 vs ZIP 29493

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29082 (Lodge, SC) and ZIP 29493 (Williams, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29082 has a population of 572 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 29493 has 117 at 53 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 29082 reports a median household income of $42,833 against — in ZIP 29493, with per-capita income of $37,448 vs $35,299. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.4% in 29082 and 14.8% in 29493. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 41.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.3% — 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 $111,600 in 29082 versus $92,800 in 29493, with median rent of $1,092 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.5% vs 92.9%. 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.