ZIP 12106 vs ZIP 12173

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12106 (Kinderhook, NY) and ZIP 12173 (Stuyvesant, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12106 has a population of 2,193 at 58 people per square mile, while ZIP 12173 has 1,753 at 39 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 12106 reports a median household income of $75,714 against $76,607 in ZIP 12173, with per-capita income of $59,647 vs $34,866. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.5% in 12106 and 22.5% in 12173. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 2.7% — 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 $278,100 in 12106 versus $225,600 in 12173, with median rent of $977 and $1,187 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.9% vs 75.1%. 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.