ZIP 21529 vs ZIP 21524

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21529 (Ellerslie, MD) and ZIP 21524 (Corriganville, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21529 has a population of 631 at 67 people per square mile, while ZIP 21524 has 626 at 70 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 21529 reports a median household income of $37,240 against $76,417 in ZIP 21524, with per-capita income of $34,790 vs $30,855. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.4% in 21529 and 12.6% in 21524. Poverty rate reads 16.3% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 9.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $163,300 in 21529 versus $158,500 in 21524, with median rent of $830 and $1,091 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.4% vs 75.2%. 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.