About NYC Zip Codes
What this site is
NYC Zip Codes is a free reference for the 183 ZIP codes of New York City, from 10001 in Chelsea to 11697 in Breezy Point, organized by the five boroughs and their coterminous counties (New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond). Each ZIP code page brings together the figures people most often need in one place: population and density, median household income, median home value and rent, owner-occupancy, poverty rate, educational attainment and unemployment, all from the U.S. Census Bureau, plus ZIP type, area code, coordinates and the nearby ZIPs. Borough and county pages roll those figures up for their own ZIPs, and our citywide report analyzes them across the whole dataset.
Who it is for
People moving to or within New York City who need to compare neighborhoods before an apartment or home search; residents weighing one ZIP against another; real estate, lending and insurance professionals who need a quick, sourced figure; journalists, planners and students researching how the boroughs differ. Every number is meant to be readable on a phone and citable in a report.
Who writes it
The site is compiled and maintained by the NYC Zip Codes Data Team, a small group of data analysts and local-market researchers who turn federal datasets into ZIP-level profiles. The Census figures are pulled directly from published American Community Survey tables; the descriptions, FAQs, affordability profiles and reports are generated by the team from those figures and reviewed before publication. We do not accept sponsored rankings, paid placements or real-estate referral fees, and no advertiser has any say in what a page says. When we describe a ZIP as affordable, dense or high-poverty, the numbers behind that description are on the same page.
Where the data comes from
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area level: population, age, income, home value, rent, tenure, poverty, education, unemployment, land and water area.
- United States Postal Service — ZIP code definitions, USPS city names and ZIP type (standard delivery, PO Box, unique).
- Public geographic data — coordinates, county assignment, area codes and time zone.
178 of the 183 ZIPs have published Census population, income and housing figures; the rest (five ZIPs: a PO Box ZIP on the Upper East Side, the Woolworth Building, JFK Airport, Fort Totten and a Harlem ZIP with no owner-occupied median) say so instead of showing zeros. The full account of sources, formulas, known limitations and update schedule is on the methodology page.
Original research
Beyond the per-ZIP profiles, the team publishes statewide analysis built from the same dataset. The current report is the New York City ZIP Code Affordability Report 2026, which ranks every ZIP with housing data on price-to-income and rent-to-income, compares the five boroughs, explains the Census $2 million home-value and $250,000 income caps and the co-op effect on Bronx and Queens home values, and screens for the ZIPs where a median income still buys the median home.
How the site stays free
There is no paywall, signup wall or email gate. The site is supported by lightweight display advertising, which never influences content. See the privacy policy for how advertising cookies are used.
Corrections
If a figure does not match its Census source, or a city or county assignment, ZIP type or nearby-ZIP list is wrong, we want to know. The methodology page explains how each figure was derived so you can check our work; substantive corrections are noted on the affected page when they are made. Most recent correction: September 2026, three ZIPs (11359, 11430, 11697) displayed a Census "not available" code as a negative dollar figure; those fields now read as unavailable, and a phantom Hudson County (NJ) page with no ZIPs was removed.