ZIP 70049 vs ZIP 70084

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70049 (Edgard, LA) and ZIP 70084 (Reserve, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70049 has a population of 2,481 at 53 people per square mile, while ZIP 70084 has 7,552 at 193 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 70049 reports a median household income of $68,953 against $62,047 in ZIP 70084, with per-capita income of $35,879 vs $26,239. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.1% in 70049 and 12.8% in 70084. Poverty rate reads 11.2% vs 16.6%, and unemployment 10.3% vs 18.5% - 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 $182,900 in 70049 versus $155,400 in 70084, with median rent of - and $1,231 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.2% vs 74.5%. 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.