ZIP 10505 vs ZIP 10527

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10505 (Baldwin Place, NY) and ZIP 10527 (Granite Springs, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10505 has a population of 851 at 504 people per square mile, while ZIP 10527 has 908 at 143 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 10505 reports a median household income of $153,426 against $250,001 in ZIP 10527, with per-capita income of $92,774 vs $162,481. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 63.2% in 10505 and 66.5% in 10527. Poverty rate reads 2.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $896,200 in 10505 versus $860,400 in 10527, with median rent of $1,385 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.2% vs 100.0%. 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.