ZIP 07031 vs ZIP 07071

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07031 (North Arlington, NJ) and ZIP 07071 (Lyndhurst, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07031 has a population of 15,392 at 2,391 people per square mile, while ZIP 07071 has 20,554 at 1,743 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 07031 reports a median household income of $94,201 against $111,711 in ZIP 07071, with per-capita income of $48,014 vs $54,095. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.3% in 07031 and 42.0% in 07071. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 5.9% — 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 $474,500 in 07031 versus $524,400 in 07071, with median rent of $1,738 and $1,796 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.4% vs 59.6%. 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.