ZIP 12007 vs ZIP 12046

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12007 (Alcove, NY) and ZIP 12046 (Coeymans Hollow, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12007 has a population of 60 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 12046 has 817 at 21 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 12007 reports a median household income of $200,078 against $80,707 in ZIP 12046, with per-capita income of $53,753 vs $71,351. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.9% in 12007 and 33.3% in 12046. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $386,700 in 12007 versus $268,400 in 12046, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.2% vs 92.8%. 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.