ZIP 29566 vs ZIP 29582

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29566 (Little River, SC) and ZIP 29582 (North Myrtle Beach, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29566 has a population of 15,179 at 193 people per square mile, while ZIP 29582 has 14,622 at 257 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 29566 reports a median household income of $64,878 against $71,723 in ZIP 29582, with per-capita income of $39,342 vs $50,851. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.0% in 29566 and 38.8% in 29582. Poverty rate reads 11.4% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 2.9% — 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 $308,700 in 29566 versus $413,800 in 29582, with median rent of $1,520 and $1,258 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.0% vs 81.5%. 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.