ZIP 20714 vs ZIP 20758

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20714 (North Beach, MD) and ZIP 20758 (Friendship, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20714 has a population of 4,345 at 719 people per square mile, while ZIP 20758 has 721 at 69 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 20714 reports a median household income of $91,099 against $240,847 in ZIP 20758, with per-capita income of $43,147 vs $68,381. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 43.6% in 20714 and 33.2% in 20758. Poverty rate reads 6.5% vs 3.1%, and unemployment 14.1% vs 2.7% — 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 $386,300 in 20714 versus $596,600 in 20758, with median rent of $1,889 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.0% 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.