ZIP 10019 vs ZIP 10036

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10019 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10036 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10019 has a population of 42,870 at 23,754 people per square mile, while ZIP 10036 has 24,711 at 21,721 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 10019 reports a median household income of $128,559 against $95,638 in ZIP 10036, with per-capita income of $122,949 vs $98,645. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 78.2% in 10019 and 70.5% in 10036. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 14.0%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 7.6% — 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 $1,061,300 in 10019 versus $952,900 in 10036, with median rent of $2,924 and $2,358 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 20.8% vs 10.5%. 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.