ZIP 10701 vs ZIP 10801

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10701 (Yonkers, NY) and ZIP 10801 (New Rochelle, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10701 has a population of 63,393 at 5,773 people per square mile, while ZIP 10801 has 40,827 at 4,613 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 10701 reports a median household income of $64,776 against $85,573 in ZIP 10801, with per-capita income of $36,641 vs $52,253. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.3% in 10701 and 44.2% in 10801. Poverty rate reads 17.8% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 9.2% vs 6.3% — 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 $370,400 in 10701 versus $575,300 in 10801, with median rent of $1,760 and $1,839 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 26.7% vs 41.1%. 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.