ZIP 07620 vs ZIP 10703

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07620 (Alpine, NJ) and ZIP 10703 (Yonkers, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07620 has a population of 1,849 at 111 people per square mile, while ZIP 10703 has 20,301 at 4,487 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 07620 reports a median household income of $246,944 against $89,773 in ZIP 10703, with per-capita income of $134,889 vs $38,739. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 76.4% in 07620 and 26.2% in 10703. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 11.8%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 6.1% — 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 $2,000,001 in 07620 versus $527,600 in 10703, with median rent of $2,750 and $1,813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.7% vs 50.7%. 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.