ZIP 29547 vs ZIP 29536

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29547 (Hamer, SC) and ZIP 29536 (Dillon, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29547 has a population of 2,917 at 28 people per square mile, while ZIP 29536 has 17,722 at 53 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 29547 reports a median household income of $55,472 against $46,120 in ZIP 29536, with per-capita income of $26,315 vs $24,233. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.0% in 29547 and 14.4% in 29536. Poverty rate reads 25.3% vs 25.8%, and unemployment 14.2% vs 8.1% — 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 $95,100 in 29547 versus $90,300 in 29536, with median rent of $841 and $669 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.4% vs 63.0%. 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.