ZIP 20006 vs ZIP 20405

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20006 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20405 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20006 has a population of 3,227 at 3,669 people per square mile, while ZIP 20405 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 20006 reports a median household income of $35,011 against — in ZIP 20405, with per-capita income of $29,788 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 86.1% in 20006 and — in 20405. Poverty rate reads 52.4% vs —, and unemployment 11.2% 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 $255,200 in 20006 versus — in 20405, with median rent of $1,951 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 5.9% 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.