ZIP 11001 vs ZIP 11003

This side-by-side compares ZIP 11001 (Floral Park, NY) and ZIP 11003 (Elmont, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 11001 has a population of 26,883 at 4,655 people per square mile, while ZIP 11003 has 41,356 at 3,846 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 11001 reports a median household income of $150,000 against $124,115 in ZIP 11003, with per-capita income of $62,996 vs $40,696. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 53.2% in 11001 and 32.7% in 11003. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 6.9% — 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 $765,000 in 11001 versus $599,000 in 11003, with median rent of $2,170 and $2,201 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.6% vs 79.0%. 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.