ZIP 20747 vs ZIP 20743

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20747 (District Heights, MD) and ZIP 20743 (Capitol Heights, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20747 has a population of 40,054 at 2,023 people per square mile, while ZIP 20743 has 38,621 at 1,533 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 20747 reports a median household income of $76,298 against $76,466 in ZIP 20743, with per-capita income of $39,977 vs $36,804. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.0% in 20747 and 23.3% in 20743. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 10.7% — 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 $344,800 in 20747 versus $341,000 in 20743, with median rent of $1,693 and $1,609 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.3% vs 66.1%. 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.