ZIP 20745 vs ZIP 20032

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20745 (Oxon Hill, MD) and ZIP 20032 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20745 has a population of 28,451 at 1,699 people per square mile, while ZIP 20032 has 35,653 at 2,622 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 20745 reports a median household income of $75,236 against $49,139 in ZIP 20032, with per-capita income of $40,650 vs $35,467. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.9% in 20745 and 22.5% in 20032. Poverty rate reads 13.3% vs 29.9%, and unemployment 7.4% vs 15.7% — 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 $375,700 in 20745 versus $407,700 in 20032, with median rent of $1,634 and $1,317 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.7% vs 22.6%. 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.