ZIP 29404 vs ZIP 29418

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29404 (Charleston Afb, SC) and ZIP 29418 (North Charleston, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29404 has a population of 1,348 at 102 people per square mile, while ZIP 29418 has 23,540 at 674 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 29404 reports a median household income of $54,716 against $64,583 in ZIP 29418, with per-capita income of $26,341 vs $36,155. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.4% in 29404 and 20.6% in 29418. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 0.6% vs 2.2% — 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 29404 versus $267,600 in 29418, with median rent of $1,939 and $1,340 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 55.0%. 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.