ZIP 07024 vs ZIP 07650

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07024 (Fort Lee, NJ) and ZIP 07650 (Palisades Park, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07024 has a population of 35,353 at 5,393 people per square mile, while ZIP 07650 has 19,601 at 6,174 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 07024 reports a median household income of $107,396 against $94,743 in ZIP 07650, with per-capita income of $69,158 vs $46,914. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 65.8% in 07024 and 51.0% in 07650. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 5.6% — 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 $448,000 in 07024 versus $719,600 in 07650, with median rent of $2,273 and $2,009 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.5% vs 35.5%. 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.