ZIP 07643 vs ZIP 07606

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07643 (Little Ferry, NJ) and ZIP 07606 (South Hackensack, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07643 has a population of 10,626 at 2,780 people per square mile, while ZIP 07606 has 2,310 at 1,361 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 07643 reports a median household income of $85,750 against $84,527 in ZIP 07606, with per-capita income of $46,279 vs $44,760. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.1% in 07643 and 28.0% in 07606. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 7.6% 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 $429,300 in 07643 versus $546,500 in 07606, with median rent of $1,783 and $1,924 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 45.7% vs 50.3%. 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.