ZIP 10036 vs ZIP 10018

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10036 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10018 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10036 has a population of 24,711 at 21,721 people per square mile, while ZIP 10018 has 5,229 at 6,253 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 10036 reports a median household income of $95,638 against $145,958 in ZIP 10018, with per-capita income of $98,645 vs $130,904. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 70.5% in 10036 and 76.7% in 10018. Poverty rate reads 14.0% vs 15.6%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 7.0% — 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 $952,900 in 10036 versus $1,044,800 in 10018, with median rent of $2,358 and $3,501 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 10.5% vs 11.1%. 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.