ZIP 20783 vs ZIP 20742

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20783 (Hyattsville, MD) and ZIP 20742 (College Park, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20783 has a population of 44,487 at 3,054 people per square mile, while ZIP 20742 has 7,808 at 4,075 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 20783 reports a median household income of $86,737 against — in ZIP 20742, with per-capita income of $29,010 vs $2,905. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% in 20783 and — in 20742. Poverty rate reads 19.9% vs 100.0%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 12.9% — 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 $409,000 in 20783 versus — in 20742, with median rent of $1,725 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 42.3% vs 0.0%. 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.