ZIP 20715 vs ZIP 20720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20715 (Bowie, MD) and ZIP 20720 (Bowie, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20715 has a population of 26,382 at 701 people per square mile, while ZIP 20720 has 21,031 at 727 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 20715 reports a median household income of $143,732 against $158,997 in ZIP 20720, with per-capita income of $54,656 vs $65,349. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.6% in 20715 and 58.7% in 20720. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 3.6% — 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 $452,600 in 20715 versus $564,600 in 20720, with median rent of $2,491 and $3,118 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.6% vs 91.3%. 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.