ZIP 10011 vs ZIP 10001

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10011 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10001 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10011 has a population of 50,984 at 29,744 people per square mile, while ZIP 10001 has 21,102 at 13,259 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 10011 reports a median household income of $145,987 against $129,852 in ZIP 10001, with per-capita income of $141,874 vs $120,099. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 79.7% in 10011 and 72.6% in 10001. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 15.1%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 5.7% — 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 $1,181,200 in 10011 versus $561,100 in 10001, with median rent of $3,050 and $3,361 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 35.9% vs 24.1%. 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.