ZIP 20910 vs ZIP 20012

This side-by-side compares ZIP 20910 (Silver Spring, MD) and ZIP 20012 (Washington, DC) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 20910 has a population of 37,445 at 3,181 people per square mile, while ZIP 20012 has 13,414 at 2,288 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 20910 reports a median household income of $112,134 against $121,418 in ZIP 20012, with per-capita income of $70,416 vs $72,314. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 73.6% in 20910 and 60.2% in 20012. Poverty rate reads 7.4% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 5.4% — 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 $730,900 in 20910 versus $863,900 in 20012, with median rent of $2,022 and $1,701 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 35.5% vs 65.1%. 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.