ZIP 29801 vs ZIP 29850

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29801 (Aiken, SC) and ZIP 29850 (Vaucluse, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29801 has a population of 26,778 at 118 people per square mile, while ZIP 29850 has 111 at 21 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 29801 reports a median household income of $59,573 against — in ZIP 29850, with per-capita income of $34,262 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.7% in 29801 and — in 29850. Poverty rate reads 21.8% vs —, and unemployment 7.2% vs — — 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 $174,100 in 29801 versus — in 29850, with median rent of $1,059 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.8% vs —. 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.