ZIP 70082 vs ZIP 70083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70082 (Pointe A La Hache, LA) and ZIP 70083 (Port Sulphur, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70082 has a population of 336 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 70083 has 2,353 at 7 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 70082 reports a median household income of - against $53,100 in ZIP 70083, with per-capita income of $11,493 vs $24,026. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.2% in 70082 and 7.2% in 70083. Poverty rate reads 70.6% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 8.3% - 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 $36,800 in 70082 versus $84,500 in 70083, with median rent of - and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 54.0% vs 88.2%. 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.