ZIP 29152 vs ZIP 29040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29152 (Shaw Afb, SC) and ZIP 29040 (Dalzell, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29152 has a population of 2,393 at 199 people per square mile, while ZIP 29040 has 8,767 at 60 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 29152 reports a median household income of $73,592 against $65,978 in ZIP 29040, with per-capita income of $33,681 vs $30,972. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.1% in 29152 and 19.5% in 29040. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 8.7% — 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 — in 29152 versus $162,100 in 29040, with median rent of $1,429 and $1,229 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.5% vs 72.7%. 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.