ZIP 19732 vs ZIP 19806

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19732 (Rockland, DE) and ZIP 19806 (Wilmington, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19732 has a population of 25 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 19806 has 9,560 at 1,915 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 19732 reports a median household income of $236,000 against $88,855 in ZIP 19806, with per-capita income of $225,084 vs $90,327. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 100.0% in 19732 and 70.7% in 19806. Poverty rate reads 30.3% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 27.9% vs 1.0% — 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 $581,300 in 19732 versus $386,000 in 19806, with median rent of — and $1,396 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 50.9%. 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.