ZIP 85083 vs ZIP 85310

This side-by-side compares ZIP 85083 (Phoenix, AZ) and ZIP 85310 (Glendale, AZ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 85083 has a population of 18,104 at 710 people per square mile, while ZIP 85310 has 19,007 at 805 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 85083 reports a median household income of $149,087 against $122,137 in ZIP 85310, with per-capita income of $63,020 vs $55,648. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.4% in 85083 and 45.3% in 85310. Poverty rate reads 1.3% vs 4.3%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 4.2% — 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 $612,700 in 85083 versus $552,900 in 85310, with median rent of $2,375 and $2,334 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 88.2%. 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.