ZIP 20017 vs ZIP 20064

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20017 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20064 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20017 has a population of 17,735 at 3,091 people per square mile, while ZIP 20064 has 1,890 at 3,770 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 20017 reports a median household income of $106,300 against — in ZIP 20064, with per-capita income of $60,947 vs $5,717. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 62.0% in 20017 and 73.8% in 20064. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs —, and unemployment 5.2% vs 6.2% — 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 $702,600 in 20017 versus — in 20064, with median rent of $1,839 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.6% 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.