ZIP 33042 vs ZIP 33043

This side-by-side compares ZIP 33042 (Summerland Key, FL) and ZIP 33043 (Big Pine Key, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 33042 has a population of 5,829 at 88 people per square mile, while ZIP 33043 has 4,313 at 112 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 33042 reports a median household income of $103,041 against $110,491 in ZIP 33043, with per-capita income of $63,808 vs $52,573. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.7% in 33042 and 30.7% in 33043. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 1.8% - 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 $856,500 in 33042 versus $638,000 in 33043, with median rent of $2,271 and $1,724 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.7% vs 88.4%. 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.