ZIP 34228 vs ZIP 34210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 34228 (Longboat Key, FL) and ZIP 34210 (Bradenton, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 34228 has a population of 6,888 at 652 people per square mile, while ZIP 34210 has 15,916 at 683 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 34228 reports a median household income of $158,030 against $64,244 in ZIP 34210, with per-capita income of $155,139 vs $48,368. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 70.3% in 34228 and 37.7% in 34210. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 6.8% — 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 $1,022,100 in 34228 versus $301,200 in 34210, with median rent of $3,501 and $1,643 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.6% vs 60.7%. 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.