ZIP 20004 vs ZIP 20045

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20004 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20045 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20004 has a population of 1,622 at 1,800 people per square mile, while ZIP 20045 has 0. 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 20004 reports a median household income of $184,792 against — in ZIP 20045, with per-capita income of $164,057 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 95.6% in 20004 and — in 20045. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs —, and unemployment 2.5% vs — — 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 $689,600 in 20004 versus — in 20045, with median rent of $2,997 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 42.6% 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.