ZIP 21244 vs ZIP 21207

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21244 (Windsor Mill, MD) and ZIP 21207 (Gwynn Oak, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21244 has a population of 34,611 at 996 people per square mile, while ZIP 21207 has 48,133 at 1,802 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 21244 reports a median household income of $85,114 against $67,060 in ZIP 21207, with per-capita income of $37,916 vs $35,387. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.2% in 21244 and 29.3% in 21207. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 6.6% — 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 $282,600 in 21244 versus $260,300 in 21207, with median rent of $1,622 and $1,432 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.0% vs 60.7%. 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.