ZIP 29406 vs ZIP 29410

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29406 (Charleston, SC) and ZIP 29410 (Hanahan, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29406 has a population of 29,314 at 779 people per square mile, while ZIP 29410 has 17,816 at 657 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 29406 reports a median household income of $49,815 against $87,984 in ZIP 29410, with per-capita income of $29,996 vs $41,881. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.0% in 29406 and 38.4% in 29410. Poverty rate reads 23.4% vs 11.7%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 2.4% — 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 $229,300 in 29406 versus $374,800 in 29410, with median rent of $1,342 and $1,412 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 41.8% vs 68.1%. 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.