ZIP 70036 vs ZIP 70067

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70036 (Barataria, LA) and ZIP 70067 (Lafitte, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70036 has a population of 1,227 at 108 people per square mile, while ZIP 70067 has 2,757 at 102 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 70036 reports a median household income of $78,869 against $63,125 in ZIP 70067, with per-capita income of $40,338 vs $32,406. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.4% in 70036 and 11.4% in 70067. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 11.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 13.9% - 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 $181,500 in 70036 versus $212,300 in 70067, with median rent of - and $1,281 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.9%. 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.