ZIP 11210 vs ZIP 11230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 11210 (Brooklyn, NY) and ZIP 11230 (Brooklyn, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 11210 has a population of 62,008 at 14,584 people per square mile, while ZIP 11230 has 86,408 at 18,126 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 11210 reports a median household income of $83,692 against $70,027 in ZIP 11230, with per-capita income of $42,322 vs $35,898. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.3% in 11210 and 43.9% in 11230. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 20.2%, and unemployment 7.8% 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 $838,000 in 11210 versus $874,500 in 11230, with median rent of $1,786 and $1,762 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.2% vs 28.4%. 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.