ZIP 19962 vs ZIP 19902

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19962 (Magnolia, DE) and ZIP 19902 (Dover Afb, DE) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19962 has a population of 10,206 at 273 people per square mile, while ZIP 19902 has 283 at 300 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 19962 reports a median household income of $104,260 against — in ZIP 19902, with per-capita income of $39,727 vs $24,459. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.5% in 19962 and 0.0% in 19902. Poverty rate reads 5.9% vs —, and unemployment 5.7% vs 0.0% — 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 $374,200 in 19962 versus — in 19902, with median rent of $1,467 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs —. 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.