ZIP 10803 vs ZIP 10553

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10803 (Pelham, NY) and ZIP 10553 (Mount Vernon, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10803 has a population of 12,435 at 2,194 people per square mile, while ZIP 10553 has 10,170 at 5,671 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 10803 reports a median household income of $215,208 against $84,478 in ZIP 10553, with per-capita income of $105,600 vs $39,479. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 75.3% in 10803 and 41.9% in 10553. Poverty rate reads 2.7% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 6.7% — 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 $978,600 in 10803 versus $551,200 in 10553, with median rent of $2,308 and $1,773 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.0% vs 46.3%. 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.