ZIP 20019 vs ZIP 20722

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20019 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20722 (Brentwood, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20019 has a population of 54,358 at 3,352 people per square mile, while ZIP 20722 has 5,711 at 1,498 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 20019 reports a median household income of $58,296 against $91,875 in ZIP 20722, with per-capita income of $37,429 vs $37,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.9% in 20019 and 26.2% in 20722. Poverty rate reads 26.2% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 13.7% vs 5.0% — 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 $456,800 in 20019 versus $381,300 in 20722, with median rent of $1,222 and $1,769 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 41.8% vs 64.9%. 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.