ZIP 70037 vs ZIP 70041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70037 (Belle Chasse, LA) and ZIP 70041 (Buras, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70037 has a population of 15,590 at 96 people per square mile, while ZIP 70041 has 2,381 at 88 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 70037 reports a median household income of $98,983 against $34,615 in ZIP 70041, with per-capita income of $41,043 vs $24,598. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.4% in 70037 and 6.4% in 70041. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 39.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 7.6% - 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 $385,200 in 70037 versus $65,600 in 70041, with median rent of $1,606 and $526 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 87.5%. 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.