ZIP 29714 vs ZIP 29704

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29714 (Fort Lawn, SC) and ZIP 29704 (Catawba, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29714 has a population of 2,927 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 29704 has 3,721 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 29714 reports a median household income of $70,475 against $74,303 in ZIP 29704, with per-capita income of $26,205 vs $43,849. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.8% in 29714 and 24.4% in 29704. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 10.0% — 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 $189,800 in 29714 versus $243,800 in 29704, with median rent of $1,335 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.6% vs 86.7%. 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.