ZIP 10010 vs ZIP 10016

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10010 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10016 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10010 has a population of 31,834 at 32,205 people per square mile, while ZIP 10016 has 54,183 at 39,315 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 10010 reports a median household income of $144,969 against $140,381 in ZIP 10016, with per-capita income of $137,086 vs $127,674. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 80.1% in 10010 and 79.8% in 10016. Poverty rate reads 10.9% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 5.1% — 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 $1,036,200 in 10010 versus $905,000 in 10016, with median rent of $3,326 and $3,433 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 27.9% vs 25.1%. 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.