ZIP 10002 vs ZIP 10009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10002 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10009 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10002 has a population of 81,410 at 35,782 people per square mile, while ZIP 10009 has 61,347 at 38,399 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 10002 reports a median household income of $48,386 against $92,876 in ZIP 10009, with per-capita income of $48,650 vs $74,419. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.5% in 10002 and 62.4% in 10009. Poverty rate reads 27.9% vs 19.7%, and unemployment 8.1% 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 $827,800 in 10002 versus $712,700 in 10009, with median rent of $1,229 and $2,006 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 18.7% vs 10.4%. 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.