ZIP 29307 vs ZIP 29324

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29307 (Spartanburg, SC) and ZIP 29324 (Clifton, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29307 has a population of 18,751 at 161 people per square mile, while ZIP 29324 has 167 at 294 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 29307 reports a median household income of $65,850 against — in ZIP 29324, with per-capita income of $37,394 vs $62,581. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.0% in 29307 and 0.0% in 29324. Poverty rate reads 15.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $221,400 in 29307 versus — in 29324, with median rent of $1,093 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 100.0%. 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.