ZIP 29835 vs ZIP 29821

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29835 (Mc Cormick, SC) and ZIP 29821 (Clarks Hill, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29835 has a population of 6,566 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 29821 has 1,487 at 9 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 29835 reports a median household income of $57,574 against $81,000 in ZIP 29821, with per-capita income of $37,078 vs $26,464. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.6% in 29835 and 15.3% in 29821. Poverty rate reads 14.9% vs 30.9%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 3.6% — 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 $184,100 in 29835 versus $277,800 in 29821, with median rent of $657 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.6% vs 94.0%. 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.