ZIP 29102 vs ZIP 29001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29102 (Manning, 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 29102 has a population of 18,248 at 29 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 29102 reports a median household income of $47,441 against $65,250 in ZIP 29001, with per-capita income of $29,141 vs $25,837. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.5% in 29102 and 14.9% in 29001. Poverty rate reads 17.7% vs 24.1%, and unemployment 6.6% 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 $159,900 in 29102 versus $156,400 in 29001, with median rent of $769 and $680 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.1% 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.