ZIP 85310 vs ZIP 85083

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