ZIP 20743 vs ZIP 20747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20743 (Capitol Heights, MD) and ZIP 20747 (District Heights, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20743 has a population of 38,621 at 1,533 people per square mile, while ZIP 20747 has 40,054 at 2,023 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 20743 reports a median household income of $76,466 against $76,298 in ZIP 20747, with per-capita income of $36,804 vs $39,977. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.3% in 20743 and 26.0% in 20747. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 10.7% 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 $341,000 in 20743 versus $344,800 in 20747, with median rent of $1,609 and $1,693 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.1% vs 50.3%. 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.