ZIP 19941 vs ZIP 19960

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19941 (Ellendale, DE) and ZIP 19960 (Lincoln, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19941 has a population of 2,522 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 19960 has 6,295 at 82 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 19941 reports a median household income of $75,139 against $67,200 in ZIP 19960, with per-capita income of $30,222 vs $29,194. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.1% in 19941 and 13.0% in 19960. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 9.7%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 4.3% — 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 $243,800 in 19941 versus $275,700 in 19960, with median rent of $1,094 and $1,288 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.0% vs 83.2%. 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.