ZIP 21225 vs ZIP 21230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21225 (Brooklyn, MD) and ZIP 21230 (Baltimore, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21225 has a population of 33,545 at 2,001 people per square mile, while ZIP 21230 has 33,568 at 2,055 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 21225 reports a median household income of $54,020 against $91,842 in ZIP 21230, with per-capita income of $28,500 vs $63,213. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% in 21225 and 58.8% in 21230. Poverty rate reads 20.4% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 7.0% vs 3.8% — 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 $229,000 in 21225 versus $330,100 in 21230, with median rent of $1,148 and $1,717 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.6% vs 50.7%. 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.