ZIP 29451 vs ZIP 29466

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29451 (Isle Of Palms, SC) and ZIP 29466 (Mount Pleasant, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29451 has a population of 4,205 at 162 people per square mile, while ZIP 29466 has 28,725 at 378 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 29451 reports a median household income of $156,979 against $133,357 in ZIP 29466, with per-capita income of $128,199 vs $69,451. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 71.6% in 29451 and 64.7% in 29466. Poverty rate reads 2.5% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 4.2% — 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 $1,581,300 in 29451 versus $736,400 in 29466, with median rent of $2,893 and $2,380 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 84.7%. 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.