ZIP 19946 vs ZIP 19962

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19946 (Frederica, DE) and ZIP 19962 (Magnolia, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19946 has a population of 4,420 at 77 people per square mile, while ZIP 19962 has 10,206 at 273 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 19946 reports a median household income of $80,459 against $104,260 in ZIP 19962, with per-capita income of $33,907 vs $39,727. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.2% in 19946 and 42.5% in 19962. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 5.9%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 5.7% — 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 $302,800 in 19946 versus $374,200 in 19962, with median rent of $1,231 and $1,467 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.8% vs 89.5%. 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.