ZIP 20003 vs ZIP 20390

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20003 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20390 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20003 has a population of 26,454 at 4,553 people per square mile, while ZIP 20390 has 584 at 53,407 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 20003 reports a median household income of $159,846 against — in ZIP 20390, with per-capita income of $109,593 vs $38,567. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 82.0% in 20003 and 0.0% in 20390. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs —, and unemployment 4.4% 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 $957,700 in 20003 versus — in 20390, with median rent of $2,698 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 37.0% 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.