ZIP 12017 vs ZIP 12165

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12017 (Austerlitz, NY) and ZIP 12165 (Spencertown, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12017 has a population of 435 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 12165 has 175 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 12017 reports a median household income of — against $65,368 in ZIP 12165, with per-capita income of $81,642 vs $52,439. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.2% in 12017 and 72.7% in 12165. Poverty rate reads 1.9% vs 13.6%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 12.7% — 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 — in 12017 versus $417,500 in 12165, with median rent of $1,583 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.2% vs 93.8%. 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.