ZIP 10996 vs ZIP 10928

This side-by-side compares ZIP 10996 (West Point, NY) and ZIP 10928 (Highland Falls, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 10996 has a population of 6,756 at 804 people per square mile, while ZIP 10928 has 4,175 at 297 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 10996 reports a median household income of $135,333 against $102,347 in ZIP 10928, with per-capita income of $32,509 vs $49,177. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 78.8% in 10996 and 36.6% in 10928. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 5.1% — 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 — in 10996 versus $329,200 in 10928, with median rent of $3,501 and $1,670 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.7% vs 60.6%. 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.