ZIP 11520 vs ZIP 11510

This side-by-side compares ZIP 11520 (Freeport, NY) and ZIP 11510 (Baldwin, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 11520 has a population of 43,341 at 3,335 people per square mile, while ZIP 11510 has 33,048 at 3,045 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 11520 reports a median household income of $121,748 against $147,319 in ZIP 11510, with per-capita income of $45,562 vs $53,905. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.5% in 11520 and 44.8% in 11510. Poverty rate reads 7.3% vs 6.4%, and unemployment 6.5% vs 4.3% — 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 $506,100 in 11520 versus $595,000 in 11510, with median rent of $2,077 and $1,890 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.3% vs 87.0%. 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.