ZIP 10034 vs ZIP 10040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10034 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10040 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10034 has a population of 38,908 at 13,778 people per square mile, while ZIP 10040 has 41,905 at 42,393 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 10034 reports a median household income of $67,754 against $65,516 in ZIP 10040, with per-capita income of $46,386 vs $39,992. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.8% in 10034 and 39.0% in 10040. Poverty rate reads 16.2% vs 17.3%, and unemployment 9.6% vs 15.1% — 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 $519,700 in 10034 versus $464,400 in 10040, with median rent of $1,629 and $1,685 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 11.6% vs 15.9%. 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.