ZIP 07010 vs ZIP 07020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07010 (Cliffside Park, NJ) and ZIP 07020 (Edgewater, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07010 has a population of 23,594 at 9,543 people per square mile, while ZIP 07020 has 11,513 at 4,594 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 07010 reports a median household income of $93,452 against $124,050 in ZIP 07020, with per-capita income of $49,073 vs $84,598. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.0% in 07010 and 72.7% in 07020. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 8.0% — 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 $588,200 in 07010 versus $715,700 in 07020, with median rent of $1,837 and $2,579 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.4% vs 39.8%. 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.