ZIP 20615 vs ZIP 20685

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20615 (Broomes Island, MD) and ZIP 20685 (Saint Leonard, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20615 has a population of 405 at 215 people per square mile, while ZIP 20685 has 6,471 at 112 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 20615 reports a median household income of — against $119,135 in ZIP 20685, with per-capita income of $64,112 vs $56,678. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.4% in 20615 and 24.4% in 20685. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.1% — 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 $390,200 in 20615 versus $450,400 in 20685, with median rent of — and $1,906 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 94.8%. 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.