ZIP 10032 vs ZIP 10039

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10032 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10039 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10032 has a population of 57,331 at 33,809 people per square mile, while ZIP 10039 has 24,527 at 21,654 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 10032 reports a median household income of $56,829 against $45,371 in ZIP 10039, with per-capita income of $43,918 vs $30,532. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.2% in 10032 and 28.2% in 10039. Poverty rate reads 22.4% vs 28.5%, and unemployment 14.7% vs 17.5% — 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 $606,500 in 10032 versus $497,600 in 10039, with median rent of $1,603 and $1,200 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 8.5% vs 13.7%. 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.