ZIP 70581 vs ZIP 70546

This side-by-side compares ZIP 70581 (Roanoke, LA) and ZIP 70546 (Jennings, LA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 70581 has a population of 929 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 70546 has 16,425 at 42 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 70581 reports a median household income of $71,176 against $52,229 in ZIP 70546, with per-capita income of $24,858 vs $34,055. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 70581 and 13.6% in 70546. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 15.0%, and unemployment 17.8% vs 5.0% - 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 $163,600 in 70581 versus $153,100 in 70546, with median rent of - and $926 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.5% vs 70.4%. 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.