ZIP 70084 vs ZIP 70049

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