ZIP 19803 vs ZIP 19732

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19803 (Wilmington, DE) and ZIP 19732 (Rockland, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19803 has a population of 21,364 at 655 people per square mile, while ZIP 19732 has 25 at 15 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 19803 reports a median household income of $135,218 against $236,000 in ZIP 19732, with per-capita income of $70,999 vs $225,084. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.9% in 19803 and 100.0% in 19732. Poverty rate reads 2.0% vs 30.3%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 27.9% — 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 $457,200 in 19803 versus $581,300 in 19732, with median rent of $1,722 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 100.0%. 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.