ZIP 20744 vs ZIP 20745

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20744 (Fort Washington, MD) and ZIP 20745 (Oxon Hill, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20744 has a population of 50,722 at 744 people per square mile, while ZIP 20745 has 28,451 at 1,699 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 20744 reports a median household income of $124,190 against $75,236 in ZIP 20745, with per-capita income of $52,800 vs $40,650. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.1% in 20744 and 27.9% in 20745. Poverty rate reads 4.2% vs 13.3%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 7.4% — 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 $439,400 in 20744 versus $375,700 in 20745, with median rent of $1,827 and $1,634 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.9% vs 44.7%. 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.