ZIP 11552 vs ZIP 11010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 11552 (West Hempstead, NY) and ZIP 11010 (Franklin Square, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 11552 has a population of 23,616 at 2,668 people per square mile, while ZIP 11010 has 23,821 at 3,872 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 11552 reports a median household income of $155,154 against $142,321 in ZIP 11010, with per-capita income of $51,472 vs $52,075. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.7% in 11552 and 40.2% in 11010. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 4.0%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 5.6% — 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 $638,200 in 11552 versus $665,800 in 11010, with median rent of $2,813 and $2,151 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.4% vs 84.0%. 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.