ZIP 10309 vs ZIP 10307

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10309 (Staten Island, NY) and ZIP 10307 (Staten Island, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10309 has a population of 32,519 at 1,886 people per square mile, while ZIP 10307 has 14,096 at 2,959 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 10309 reports a median household income of $116,098 against $147,184 in ZIP 10307, with per-capita income of $50,620 vs $53,675. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.2% in 10309 and 40.7% in 10307. Poverty rate reads 7.1% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 4.4% vs 2.4% — 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 $767,200 in 10309 versus $801,300 in 10307, with median rent of $1,893 and $1,821 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.3% vs 84.2%. 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.