ZIP 10522 vs ZIP 10502

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