ZIP 10016 vs ZIP 10165

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10016 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10165 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10016 has a population of 54,183 at 39,315 people per square mile, while ZIP 10165 has 2 at 153 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 10016 reports a median household income of $140,381 against — in ZIP 10165, with per-capita income of $127,674 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 79.8% in 10016 and — in 10165. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs —, and unemployment 5.1% 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 $905,000 in 10016 versus — in 10165, with median rent of $3,433 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 25.1% 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.