ZIP 14040 vs ZIP 14036

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14040 (Darien Center, NY) and ZIP 14036 (Corfu, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14040 has a population of 2,217 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 14036 has 5,201 at 37 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 14040 reports a median household income of $88,779 against $88,466 in ZIP 14036, with per-capita income of $38,973 vs $37,042. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.5% in 14040 and 17.9% in 14036. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.8% — 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 $210,100 in 14040 versus $187,800 in 14036, with median rent of — and $944 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% vs 85.6%. 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.