ZIP 75225 vs ZIP 75205

This side-by-side compares ZIP 75225 (Dallas, TX) and ZIP 75205 (Dallas, TX) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 75225 has a population of 20,892 at 1,709 people per square mile, while ZIP 75205 has 23,061 at 2,046 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 75225 reports a median household income of $200,234 against $181,631 in ZIP 75205, with per-capita income of $142,203 vs $121,272. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 85.4% in 75225 and 86.8% in 75205. Poverty rate reads 4.1% vs 8.3%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 4.2% — 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 $1,671,900 in 75225 versus $1,706,700 in 75205, with median rent of $2,452 and $2,529 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.9% vs 55.2%. 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.