ZIP 12087 vs ZIP 12042

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12087 (Hannacroix, NY) and ZIP 12042 (Climax, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12087 has a population of 1,073 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 12042 has 271 at 24 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 12087 reports a median household income of $91,458 against — in ZIP 12042, with per-capita income of $40,064 vs $50,551. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.2% in 12087 and 12.9% in 12042. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 1.4% 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 $240,600 in 12087 versus $115,200 in 12042, with median rent of $1,614 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.1% vs 41.1%. 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.