ZIP 10005 vs ZIP 10271

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10005 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10271 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10005 has a population of 7,135 at 37,901 people per square mile, while ZIP 10271 has 0. 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 10005 reports a median household income of $190,233 against — in ZIP 10271, with per-capita income of $157,447 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 85.9% in 10005 and — in 10271. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs —, and unemployment 4.6% vs — — 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 $1,390,600 in 10005 versus — in 10271, with median rent of $3,501 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 17.6% vs —. 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.