ZIP 29429 vs ZIP 29450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29429 (Awendaw, SC) and ZIP 29450 (Huger, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29429 has a population of 2,737 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 29450 has 3,105 at 8 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 29429 reports a median household income of $112,244 against $57,269 in ZIP 29450, with per-capita income of $55,649 vs $35,505. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.8% in 29429 and 24.4% in 29450. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 2.6% — 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 $537,600 in 29429 versus $286,700 in 29450, with median rent of $2,817 and $1,716 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.1% vs 92.5%. 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.