ZIP 21047 vs ZIP 21013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21047 (Fallston, MD) and ZIP 21013 (Baldwin, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21047 has a population of 11,873 at 195 people per square mile, while ZIP 21013 has 4,653 at 119 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 21047 reports a median household income of $157,500 against $171,354 in ZIP 21013, with per-capita income of $64,928 vs $68,260. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 55.0% in 21047 and 56.0% in 21013. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 0.6% - 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 $552,500 in 21047 versus $572,100 in 21013, with median rent of $2,315 and $1,183 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.0% vs 93.8%. 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.