ZIP 70543 vs ZIP 70531

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70543 (Iota, LA) and ZIP 70531 (Egan, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70543 has a population of 4,077 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 70531 has 1,261 at 18 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 70543 reports a median household income of $62,083 against — in ZIP 70531, with per-capita income of $29,497 vs $28,792. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.4% in 70543 and 5.0% in 70531. Poverty rate reads 18.0% vs 17.5%, and unemployment 6.1% vs 5.3% — 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 $168,000 in 70543 versus $219,100 in 70531, with median rent of $577 and $879 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.1% vs 87.6%. 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.