ZIP 19735 vs ZIP 19807

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19735 (Winterthur, DE) and ZIP 19807 (Wilmington, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19735 has a population of 12 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 19807 has 7,405 at 146 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 19735 reports a median household income of — against $153,341 in ZIP 19807, with per-capita income of — vs $115,087. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is — in 19735 and 78.5% in 19807. Poverty rate reads — vs 4.1%, and unemployment — vs 3.1% — 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 — in 19735 versus $936,900 in 19807, with median rent of — and $1,628 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is — vs 66.3%. 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.