ZIP 11050 vs ZIP 11030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 11050 (Port Washington, NY) and ZIP 11030 (Manhasset, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 11050 has a population of 30,171 at 1,166 people per square mile, while ZIP 11030 has 17,962 at 1,038 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 11050 reports a median household income of $154,225 against $234,966 in ZIP 11030, with per-capita income of $86,008 vs $131,516. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 68.7% in 11050 and 84.4% in 11030. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 2.6%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 2.9% — 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 $1,035,400 in 11050 versus $1,766,500 in 11030, with median rent of $2,727 and $1,901 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.4% vs 88.7%. 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.