ZIP 20622 vs ZIP 20617

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20622 (Charlotte Hall, MD) and ZIP 20617 (Bryantown, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20622 has a population of 4,900 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 20617 has 781 at 46 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 20622 reports a median household income of $124,063 against $104,036 in ZIP 20617, with per-capita income of $45,317 vs $96,600. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.7% in 20622 and 69.9% in 20617. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.4% 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 $438,900 in 20622 versus $501,800 in 20617, with median rent of $1,447 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.1% vs 100.0%. 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.