ZIP 21207 vs ZIP 21215

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21207 (Gwynn Oak, MD) and ZIP 21215 (Baltimore, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21207 has a population of 48,133 at 1,802 people per square mile, while ZIP 21215 has 60,161 at 3,409 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 21207 reports a median household income of $67,060 against $51,587 in ZIP 21215, with per-capita income of $35,387 vs $33,520. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.3% in 21207 and 26.0% in 21215. Poverty rate reads 13.5% vs 21.4%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 7.4% — 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 $260,300 in 21207 versus $201,200 in 21215, with median rent of $1,432 and $1,172 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 60.7% vs 54.8%. 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.