ZIP 21114 vs ZIP 21054

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