ZIP 29941 vs ZIP 29940

This side-by-side compares ZIP 29941 (Sheldon, SC) and ZIP 29940 (Seabrook, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 29941 has a population of 497 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 29940 has 3,967 at 27 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 29941 reports a median household income of $119,886 against $54,177 in ZIP 29940, with per-capita income of $100,086 vs $32,595. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 71.1% in 29941 and 20.1% in 29940. Poverty rate reads 6.7% vs 20.4%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.7% — 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 $2,000,001 in 29941 versus $172,100 in 29940, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.1% vs 86.1%. 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.