ZIP 94520 vs ZIP 94519

This side-by-side compares ZIP 94520 (Concord, CA) and ZIP 94519 (Concord, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 94520 has a population of 37,208 at 1,465 people per square mile, while ZIP 94519 has 18,453 at 1,624 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 94520 reports a median household income of $82,479 against $122,418 in ZIP 94519, with per-capita income of $40,315 vs $52,682. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.0% in 94520 and 28.9% in 94519. Poverty rate reads 12.2% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 3.6% — 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 $601,000 in 94520 versus $783,700 in 94519, with median rent of $2,197 and $2,325 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 37.5% vs 70.9%. 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.