Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work)
ZIPskinny is an site that lets you compare demographics of ZIP codes in a zip code area. The site was created as a Web development hobby project using Census 2000 data obtained from the Census website.
The site provides an interesting “first glance” at a ZIP Code are. It’s not research quality data, but there are some interesting bits of information here. Try checking for bad neighbors or finding out the neighborhood walkability.