ZIP 10027 vs ZIP 10026

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10027 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10026 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10027 has a population of 59,707 at 26,529 people per square mile, while ZIP 10026 has 34,003 at 39,504 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 10027 reports a median household income of $59,587 against $81,244 in ZIP 10026, with per-capita income of $45,281 vs $60,575. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.5% in 10027 and 54.8% in 10026. Poverty rate reads 26.1% vs 17.7%, and unemployment 12.1% vs 7.7% — 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 $899,600 in 10027 versus $1,052,300 in 10026, with median rent of $1,531 and $1,657 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 17.4% vs 23.5%. 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.