ZIP 10604 vs ZIP 10603

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10604 (West Harrison, NY) and ZIP 10603 (White Plains, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10604 has a population of 11,250 at 640 people per square mile, while ZIP 10603 has 17,045 at 2,000 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 10604 reports a median household income of $117,014 against $121,026 in ZIP 10603, with per-capita income of $73,387 vs $58,137. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.1% in 10604 and 45.9% in 10603. Poverty rate reads 5.3% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 5.9% — 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 $735,700 in 10604 versus $503,000 in 10603, with median rent of $2,245 and $1,996 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 48.9% vs 64.6%. 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.