29840 Zip Code (Mount Carmel, SC) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 389
Zip code population in 2010: 251
Zip code population in 2000: 273

March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 29840: 77.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 33.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 12 people per square mile

(very low).

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $973 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 29840:

• High school or higher: 71.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 0.0%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
• Unemployed: 12.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 36.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 29840:

• Never married: 14.6%
• Now married: 60.2%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 3.5%
• Divorced: 21.7%

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 29840, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $21,750 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$21,750
State:	$51,133

Salary/wage: $18,560 (reported on 100.0% of returns)

Here:	$18,560
State:	$42,173

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 80.1% for AGIs below $25k, 88.6% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,360 (reported on 50.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,360
State:	$2,418

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.1% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 60.0%

Here:	60%
State:	57%

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 29840, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $22,311 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$22,311
State:	$41,965

Salary/wage: $20,377 (reported on 92.4% of returns)

Here:	$20,377
State:	$35,695

Total itemized deductions: $11,167 (31% of AGI, reported on 13.6% of returns)

Here:	$11,167
State:	$19,039

Here:	30.8% of AGI
State:	22.8% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,625 (7% of AGI, reported on 12.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,625
State:	$4,305

Here:	7.3% of AGI
State:	5.0% of AGI

Total tax: $1,431 (reported on 43.9% of returns)

29840:	$1,431
State:	$6,497

Earned income credit: $1,577 (reported on 53.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,577
State:	$1,882

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 79.5%

Here:	80%
State:	66%

Nearest zip codes: 29628, 29620, 30668, 29659, 30817, 29835.
Mount Carmel Zip Code Map

No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 205

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 57 (39 now married, 18 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 29840 with a mortgage: 21 (7 second mortgage, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)

• Zip code 29840 household income distribution in 2022

• 25$10,000 to $14,999
• 8$25,000 to $29,999
• 104$40,000 to $44,999
• 9$45,000 to $49,999
• 13$50,000 to $59,999
• 32$75,000 to $99,999
• 17$100,000 to $124,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 29840

• 10$20,000 to $24,999
• 5$30,000 to $34,999
• 32$50,000 to $59,999
• 26$70,000 to $79,999
• 68$80,000 to $89,999
• 5$90,000 to $99,999
• 8$125,000 to $149,999

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• Black or African American householders: $101,360

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $96,564 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $70,372 - $98,133

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $119,753

Here:	$119,753
State:	$368,255

Mobile homes: $447,210

Here:	$447,210
State:	$102,531

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 237
• Mobile homes: 10

Unemployment: 12.0%

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 29840

• 3015 to 19 minutes
• 1320 to 24 minutes
• 925 to 29 minutes
• 5630 to 34 minutes
• 1145 to 59 minutes
• 3460 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 45.3%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 389

• Male householders: 159 (41 living alone), Female householders: 45 (25 living alone)

• 66 spouses (66 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 100 children (99 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 24 4-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person

101.0% of residents of 29840 zip code speak English at home.

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.3%

Population in 1990: 1,354.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 378

77% of the 29840 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.

100% of the 29840 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)

Most common first names in zip code 29840 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	7	71.4 years
James	4	73.3 years
Isaac	3	67.3 years
Willie	3	54.7 years
Robert	3	71.0 years
Horace	2	74.0 years
Fannie	2	91.0 years
Lawrence	2	76.0 years
George	2	76.0 years
Dave	2	88.9 years

Most common last names in zip code 29840 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Middleton	9	74.6 years
Cade	6	56.5 years
Tucker	6	69.2 years
Turman	6	70.8 years
Lomax	5	74.6 years
Brown	4	68.0 years
Jones	4	76.5 years
Oliver	4	74.0 years
Anderson	3	68.0 years
Anthony	3	76.3 years