ZIP 12125 vs ZIP 12195

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12125 (New Lebanon, NY) and ZIP 12195 (West Lebanon, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12125 has a population of 1,373 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 12195 has 154 at 30 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 12125 reports a median household income of $55,625 against $148,815 in ZIP 12195, with per-capita income of $38,897 vs $80,988. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.1% in 12125 and 22.8% in 12195. Poverty rate reads 13.7% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.5% 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 $275,900 in 12125 versus $229,600 in 12195, with median rent of $960 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 81.6%. 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.