ZIP 21054 vs ZIP 21114

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21054 (Gambrills, MD) and ZIP 21114 (Crofton, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21054 has a population of 10,127 at 219 people per square mile, while ZIP 21114 has 25,225 at 1,749 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 21054 reports a median household income of $163,825 against $141,344 in ZIP 21114, with per-capita income of $63,168 vs $60,803. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 61.2% in 21054 and 63.0% in 21114. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 3.2%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 2.6% — 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 $611,000 in 21054 versus $490,400 in 21114, with median rent of $2,444 and $2,183 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.2% vs 80.8%. 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.