ZIP 10040 vs ZIP 10033

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10040 (New York, NY) and ZIP 10033 (New York, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10040 has a population of 41,905 at 42,393 people per square mile, while ZIP 10033 has 53,926 at 34,924 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 10040 reports a median household income of $65,516 against $75,040 in ZIP 10033, with per-capita income of $39,992 vs $48,707. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.0% in 10040 and 41.0% in 10033. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 18.1%, and unemployment 15.1% vs 12.2% — 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 $464,400 in 10040 versus $695,000 in 10033, with median rent of $1,685 and $1,726 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 15.9% vs 15.8%. 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.