ZIP 20706 vs ZIP 20784

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20706 (Lanham, MD) and ZIP 20784 (Hyattsville, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20706 has a population of 38,692 at 1,444 people per square mile, while ZIP 20784 has 29,449 at 2,670 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 20706 reports a median household income of $104,523 against $86,509 in ZIP 20784, with per-capita income of $38,989 vs $36,601. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.9% in 20706 and 20.7% in 20784. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 7.0% — 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 $429,000 in 20706 versus $369,900 in 20784, with median rent of $1,840 and $1,791 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.9% vs 57.7%. 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.