ZIP 10502 vs ZIP 10522

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10502 (Ardsley, NY) and ZIP 10522 (Dobbs Ferry, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10502 has a population of 5,487 at 999 people per square mile, while ZIP 10522 has 10,875 at 1,729 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 10502 reports a median household income of $250,001 against $165,417 in ZIP 10522, with per-capita income of $103,057 vs $73,175. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 77.1% in 10502 and 69.5% in 10522. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 6.7%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 5.2% — 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 $845,700 in 10502 versus $765,500 in 10522, with median rent of $3,501 and $2,369 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.9% vs 63.9%. 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.