ZIP 29819 vs ZIP 29848

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29819 (Bradley, SC) and ZIP 29848 (Troy, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29819 has a population of 1,523 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 29848 has 751 at 3 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 29819 reports a median household income of $55,417 against $61,042 in ZIP 29848, with per-capita income of $39,137 vs $38,465. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.2% in 29819 and 13.9% in 29848. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 16.0%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $85,100 in 29819 versus $153,800 in 29848, with median rent of $800 and $1,321 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.2% vs 97.2%. 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.