ZIP 10037 vs ZIP 10030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10037 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10030 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10037 has a population of 17,416 at 26,126 people per square mile, while ZIP 10030 has 26,999 at 37,367 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 10037 reports a median household income of $49,153 against $39,802 in ZIP 10030, with per-capita income of $50,113 vs $36,779. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.9% in 10037 and 35.4% in 10030. Poverty rate reads 29.0% vs 36.4%, and unemployment 11.1% vs 12.8% — 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 — in 10037 versus $844,000 in 10030, with median rent of $1,445 and $1,282 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 9.7% vs 13.6%. 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.