ZIP 20770 vs ZIP 20740

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20770 (Greenbelt, MD) and ZIP 20740 (College Park, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20770 has a population of 25,173 at 1,183 people per square mile, while ZIP 20740 has 28,780 at 1,396 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 20770 reports a median household income of $84,096 against $77,317 in ZIP 20740, with per-capita income of $45,507 vs $32,256. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.0% in 20770 and 50.1% in 20740. Poverty rate reads 18.2% vs 28.8%, and unemployment 6.5% 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 $255,200 in 20770 versus $423,900 in 20740, with median rent of $1,845 and $1,839 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.9% vs 36.7%. 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.