ZIP 20758 vs ZIP 20779

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20758 (Friendship, MD) and ZIP 20779 (Tracys Landing, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20758 has a population of 721 at 69 people per square mile, while ZIP 20779 has 1,182 at 70 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 20758 reports a median household income of $240,847 against $178,452 in ZIP 20779, with per-capita income of $68,381 vs $86,743. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.2% in 20758 and 41.1% in 20779. Poverty rate reads 3.1% vs 1.2%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 1.9% — 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 $596,600 in 20758 versus $572,600 in 20779, with median rent of — and $1,735 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 90.7%. 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.