In Bungalowville, we're pretty average, solidly working class, ethnically diverse. My previous neighborhood, in contrast, significantly higher median income.
10010's residents are well-educated (95% hold a high school diploma, 70% a college diploma) have a median income of $62,000 and are mostly lily white (73%). We don't believe in marriage (34% married) and there are more women than men (but that's NYC for you). Now, I saw a few quirks in a nearby zip code they compared mine to and this one makes me doubt their figures altogether. Check it out and see if you can explain it to me: 10165.
Is it a college campus, by any chance? Low ages, high high education rates, no marrieds, no one there for 5+ years, 0 unemployment, yet 100% below the poverty line at $2K per year??? That's my guess. My alma mater has at least 1 dedicated zip code that only represents campus addresses.
Good thought, but no. There's no university there. It's smack in the middle of midtown, by the library and Grand Central, so I think there's a bug in the system.
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10010's residents are well-educated (95% hold a high school diploma, 70% a college diploma) have a median income of $62,000 and are mostly lily white (73%). We don't believe in marriage (34% married) and there are more women than men (but that's NYC for you). Now, I saw a few quirks in a nearby zip code they compared mine to and this one makes me doubt their figures altogether. Check it out and see if you can explain it to me: 10165.
Is it a college campus, by any chance? Low ages, high high education rates, no marrieds, no one there for 5+ years, 0 unemployment, yet 100% below the poverty line at $2K per year??? That's my guess. My alma mater has at least 1 dedicated zip code that only represents campus addresses.
Good thought, but no. There's no university there. It's smack in the middle of midtown, by the library and Grand Central, so I think there's a bug in the system.
Huh. I tried looking up the zip, but all I could find was 10163, which was Grand Central's dedicated zip.
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