ZIP 19709 vs ZIP 19730

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19709 (Middletown, DE) and ZIP 19730 (Odessa, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19709 has a population of 35,107 at 170 people per square mile, while ZIP 19730 has 451 at 127 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 19709 reports a median household income of $132,956 against $112,083 in ZIP 19730, with per-capita income of $56,710 vs $61,480. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.1% in 19709 and 39.8% in 19730. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 1.5% - 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 $470,900 in 19709 versus $322,600 in 19730, with median rent of $1,599 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.2% vs 80.5%. 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.