ZIP 19806 vs ZIP 19732

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19806 (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 19806 has a population of 9,560 at 1,915 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 19806 reports a median household income of $88,855 against $236,000 in ZIP 19732, with per-capita income of $90,327 vs $225,084. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 70.7% in 19806 and 100.0% in 19732. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 30.3%, and unemployment 1.0% 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 $386,000 in 19806 versus $581,300 in 19732, with median rent of $1,396 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.9% 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.