ZIP 20721 vs ZIP 20715

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20721 (Bowie, MD) and ZIP 20715 (Bowie, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20721 has a population of 27,016 at 625 people per square mile, while ZIP 20715 has 26,382 at 701 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 20721 reports a median household income of $163,105 against $143,732 in ZIP 20715, with per-capita income of $69,489 vs $54,656. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.4% in 20721 and 48.6% in 20715. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 3.5%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 4.7% — 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 $580,200 in 20721 versus $452,600 in 20715, with median rent of $2,506 and $2,491 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 90.6%. 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.