ZIP 20010 vs ZIP 20009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20010 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20009 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20010 has a population of 30,138 at 10,747 people per square mile, while ZIP 20009 has 47,992 at 14,097 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 20010 reports a median household income of $114,126 against $146,664 in ZIP 20009, with per-capita income of $78,015 vs $111,612. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.3% in 20010 and 82.8% in 20009. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 8.7%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 3.0% — 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 $886,600 in 20010 versus $722,500 in 20009, with median rent of $1,793 and $2,341 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 41.0% vs 35.3%. 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.