ZIP 07601 vs ZIP 07603

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07601 (Hackensack, NJ) and ZIP 07603 (Bogota, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07601 has a population of 43,010 at 3,959 people per square mile, while ZIP 07603 has 8,187 at 4,181 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 07601 reports a median household income of $84,277 against $103,299 in ZIP 07603, with per-capita income of $49,360 vs $52,412. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.1% in 07601 and 32.3% in 07603. Poverty rate reads 12.1% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 7.0% — 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 $393,700 in 07601 versus $501,600 in 07603, with median rent of $1,911 and $1,941 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 36.6% vs 67.4%. 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.