ZIP 20064 vs ZIP 20017

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