ZIP 07524 vs ZIP 07514

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07524 (Paterson, NJ) and ZIP 07514 (Paterson, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07524 has a population of 12,709 at 6,506 people per square mile, while ZIP 07514 has 18,289 at 7,656 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 07524 reports a median household income of $49,103 against $70,205 in ZIP 07514, with per-capita income of $21,708 vs $27,505. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.9% in 07524 and 12.5% in 07514. Poverty rate reads 22.5% vs 13.6%, and unemployment 13.0% vs 5.8% — 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 $377,500 in 07524 versus $342,900 in 07514, with median rent of $1,412 and $1,495 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 19.4% vs 34.9%. 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.