ZIP 29704 vs ZIP 29712

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29704 (Catawba, SC) and ZIP 29712 (Edgemoor, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29704 has a population of 3,721 at 53 people per square mile, while ZIP 29712 has 2,317 at 32 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 29704 reports a median household income of $74,303 against $62,656 in ZIP 29712, with per-capita income of $43,849 vs $45,190. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 29704 and 14.6% in 29712. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 10.0% vs 2.0% — 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 $243,800 in 29704 versus $208,900 in 29712, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.7% vs 90.6%. 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.