ZIP 94010 vs ZIP 94401

This side-by-side compares ZIP 94010 (Burlingame, CA) and ZIP 94401 (San Mateo, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 94010 has a population of 40,737 at 1,328 people per square mile, while ZIP 94401 has 34,429 at 4,168 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 94010 reports a median household income of $196,882 against $122,227 in ZIP 94401, with per-capita income of $120,330 vs $63,426. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 69.2% in 94010 and 46.3% in 94401. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 12.2%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 3.6% — 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 $2,000,001 in 94010 versus $1,184,500 in 94401, with median rent of $2,797 and $2,762 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 59.6% vs 43.4%. 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.