ZIP 12042 vs ZIP 12087

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12042 (Climax, NY) and ZIP 12087 (Hannacroix, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12042 has a population of 271 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 12087 has 1,073 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 12042 reports a median household income of — against $91,458 in ZIP 12087, with per-capita income of $50,551 vs $40,064. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.9% in 12042 and 27.2% in 12087. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.4% — 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 $115,200 in 12042 versus $240,600 in 12087, with median rent of — and $1,614 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 41.1% vs 94.1%. 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.