ZIP 10021 vs ZIP 10075

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10021 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10075 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10021 has a population of 43,631 at 44,215 people per square mile, while ZIP 10075 has 26,121 at 54,746 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 10021 reports a median household income of $158,677 against $155,902 in ZIP 10075, with per-capita income of $150,790 vs $157,038. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 79.4% in 10021 and 87.6% in 10075. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 3.8% — 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 $1,377,500 in 10021 versus $991,900 in 10075, with median rent of $3,067 and $2,658 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.7% vs 45.1%. 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.