ZIP 30817 vs ZIP 29835

This side-by-side compares ZIP 30817 (Lincolnton, GA) and ZIP 29835 (Mc Cormick, SC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 30817 has a population of 7,676 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 29835 has 6,566 at 14 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 30817 reports a median household income of $57,089 against $57,574 in ZIP 29835, with per-capita income of $28,830 vs $37,078. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.0% in 30817 and 28.6% in 29835. Poverty rate reads 19.1% vs 14.9%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 4.7% — 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 $173,200 in 30817 versus $184,100 in 29835, with median rent of $790 and $657 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.8% vs 85.6%. 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.