ZIP 29720 vs ZIP 29707

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29720 (Lancaster, SC) and ZIP 29707 (Fort Mill, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29720 has a population of 46,041 at 63 people per square mile, while ZIP 29707 has 17,742 at 216 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 29720 reports a median household income of $62,969 against $118,295 in ZIP 29707, with per-capita income of $33,828 vs $62,694. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 29720 and 54.2% in 29707. Poverty rate reads 15.7% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 3.1% — 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 $245,500 in 29720 versus $470,600 in 29707, with median rent of $891 and $1,683 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.8% vs 90.4%. 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.