ZIP 29639 vs ZIP 29620

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29639 (Due West, SC) and ZIP 29620 (Abbeville, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29639 has a population of 1,742 at 39 people per square mile, while ZIP 29620 has 12,934 at 20 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 29639 reports a median household income of $53,050 against $53,288 in ZIP 29620, with per-capita income of $31,077 vs $32,369. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.4% in 29639 and 20.9% in 29620. Poverty rate reads 28.2% vs 15.7%, and unemployment 15.2% vs 3.8% — 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 $220,600 in 29639 versus $207,900 in 29620, with median rent of $1,068 and $595 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 75.9%. 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.