ZIP 12046 vs ZIP 12007

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