ZIP 20032 vs ZIP 20373

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20032 (Washington, DC) and ZIP 20373 (Naval Anacost Annex, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20032 has a population of 35,653 at 2,622 people per square mile, while ZIP 20373 has 131 at 139 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 20032 reports a median household income of $49,139 against — in ZIP 20373, with per-capita income of $35,467 vs $23,328. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.5% in 20032 and 34.1% in 20373. Poverty rate reads 29.9% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 15.7% vs 0.0% — 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 $407,700 in 20032 versus — in 20373, with median rent of $1,317 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 22.6% vs 0.0%. 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.