ZIP 12015 vs ZIP 12051

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12015 (Athens, NY) and ZIP 12051 (Coxsackie, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12015 has a population of 3,010 at 87 people per square mile, while ZIP 12051 has 7,070 at 128 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 12015 reports a median household income of $91,845 against $91,786 in ZIP 12051, with per-capita income of $53,870 vs $30,270. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.9% in 12015 and 23.8% in 12051. Poverty rate reads 10.6% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 5.3% — 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 $306,300 in 12015 versus $331,900 in 12051, with median rent of $1,278 and $902 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% vs 65.9%. 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.