ZIP 70030 vs ZIP 70080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70030 (Des Allemands, LA) and ZIP 70080 (Paradis, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70030 has a population of 4,585 at 56 people per square mile, while ZIP 70080 has 1,556 at 56 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 70030 reports a median household income of $118,867 against $61,637 in ZIP 70080, with per-capita income of $43,261 vs $44,650. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.4% in 70030 and 18.1% in 70080. Poverty rate reads 1.3% vs 8.9%, and unemployment 1.3% 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 $222,500 in 70030 versus $196,100 in 70080, with median rent of $1,672 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.3% vs 92.7%. 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.