# Profile your neighborhood! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087 "2007-12-07T00:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/1 "2007-12-07T00:26:23Z")
Profile your neighborhood! This site will provide you with a quick overview of your zip code with information drawn from the US census office. Just type in your ZIP and hit the search button. I learned that of the people in my community: 55.4% have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Median household income is $50, 307. 7.5% live below the poverty level. 59.6% are management or professionals. 1.9% are unemployed. 43.1% of the residents have lived in the same home 5 years or longer. The median age is 36.2 years. 45.4% are male, 54.6% are female. 75.8% are white, 10.4% are black, 3.6% are Hispanic, 8.2% are Asian. What’s the story where you live? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/2 "2007-12-07T00:40:16Z")
What’s the site? I don’t see a link or anything. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/3 "2007-12-07T00:41:40Z")
Link? Linkity-doo? Sir Links-a-lot? Professor Link in the Linkatory with the Link Bat? ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/4 "2007-12-07T00:48:17Z")
Maybe it’s this one? [American Fact Finder](http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en) ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/5 "2007-12-07T01:15:22Z")
Or maybe [this](http://zipskinny.com/) one? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/6 "2007-12-07T01:17:48Z")
Or even [this one](http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp), though it’s not as detailed as other the Census FactFinder site. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/7 "2007-12-07T22:14:24Z")
:smack: :smack: :smack: Can’t believe I actually forgot to include the link to [Zipskinny](http://zipskinny.com/) You really should try it. It’s just so cool to see a statistical cross section of your neighborhood and even be able to compare it to other neighborhoods. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/8 "2007-12-07T23:37:05Z")
Interesting site except that the stats for my zip code seemed too low. Then, I pulled up a zip code map, and I can see by the way they drew the lines that the western portion of my zip code is probably dragging down the stats of the eastern portion. Maybe I should petition for a new boundary. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/9 "2007-12-07T23:44:29Z")
My neighborhood numbers: Hispanic/Latino: 22.6% White: 18.2% Black: 44.1% Asian: 10.7% Unemployed 4.8% Below Poverty Line 18.3% Median Household Income: $41,573 Wondering how that compares? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/10 "2007-12-08T02:23:45Z")
If they’re using the 2000 census figures, they’re out of date. Neighborhoods can change fast. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/11 "2007-12-08T13:25:37Z")
In my zip code: 79.97% have High School or higher 14.4% have a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher 9.4% have less than 9th grade Median household income: $35,496 9.5% live below the poverty line 3.1% are unemployed 59.8% have lived in the same house for 5+ years Median age: 39.3 (Honestly, that has to be false. We have more bluehairs here than you can possibly believe. Driving through town you see bar -\> church -\> bar -\> nursing home -\> bar -\> nursing home -\> church -\> church -\> bar -\> Dairy Queen.) Males: 48.1% Females: 51.9% White: 89.7% Hispanic: 8.4% Black: 0.3% Asian: 0.7% Multi: 0.7% ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/12 "2007-12-08T13:41:50Z")
High school or higher: 89% Bachelors or higher: 23.2% Married: 62.5% Same home 5+ years: 62.5% Median Household Income: $66,295 Unemployed: 2.8% Below Poverty Line: 3.1% Hispanic/Latino: 6.9% White: 86.4% Black: 2.4% Asian: 2.9% Other: 0.1% Multiracial: 1% Male: 49.1% Female: 50.9% The elementary school down the street has a student/teacher ratio of 16.8 and 11.1% receive Free or Reduced Lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/13 "2007-12-08T20:48:48Z")
I found one funny fact on this site; the two prisons in our town are listed as schools (with a combined enrollment of 22 students). Which I guess they technically are, as we provide equivalency school educations to any prisoners who haven’t completed high school. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/14 "2007-12-08T21:16:37Z")
All you ever wanted to know and more about [31763](http://zipskinny.com/index.php?zip=31763)! ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/15 "2007-12-09T00:50:59Z")
This is really kind of sad: Hispanic/Latino: 0.4% White: 97.1% Black: 0% Native American: 0% Asian: 0.6% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1% Other: 0.2% (I dunno who this is…) Multiracial: 1.4% OTOH, this is why I live here: Population: 909 Density: 19.65 (people per square land mile) Housing Units: 333 Land Area: 46.25 sq. mi. Ah, peace and quiet! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/16 "2007-12-09T03:01:12Z")
Here’s one for [England](http://www.upyourstreet.com/). I note that in my town + surrounding area there is a population of 37,000 with 14,000 households and here are a couple of crime figures for 2006… Theft of a motor vehicle offences: 1.5 (national average = 2.9) per 1,000 of the population Burglary dwelling offences: 2.9 (national average = 4.3) per 1,000 of the population ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/17 "2007-12-09T03:18:43Z")
The slightly sad statistics for the elementary school down the street (which my sister went to): Hispanic 6 1.2% White 478 95.6% Black 4 0.8% Native American 0 0% Asian 12 2.4% ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/18 "2007-12-09T03:51:19Z")
Can anybody beat my zip code (53705) for education? 70.9% with a bachelor’s degree or higher. City-wide the percent of people with bachelor’s degrees is IIRC 49%. And if you want a demographic picture of misery, check out where I grew up (60426). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/19 "2007-12-09T06:32:04Z")
What’s up with 10165? It’s right in midtown Manhattan, but only 7 people live there, all of them with a bachelor’s degree or higher and all of them with an income under the poverty line? What is that? Does one building have it’s own zip code? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087/20 "2007-12-09T06:41:17Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] What’s up with 10165? It’s right in midtown Manhattan, but only 7 people live there, all of them with a bachelor’s degree or higher and all of them with an income under the poverty line? What is that? Does one building have it’s own zip code? [/QUOTE] Homeless college graduates living under Grand Central Station? Millionaires who’ve foresworn continuing to earn a living? And yes, one building can have it’s own zip code. Most often they are government buildings. That’s why I’m imagining they are homeless people that somehow got counted in the last census. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-your-neighborhood/429087.md?page=2)