ZIP 12137 vs ZIP 12150

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12137 (Pattersonville, NY) and ZIP 12150 (Rotterdam Junction, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12137 has a population of 1,679 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 12150 has 914 at 324 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 12137 reports a median household income of $83,879 against $79,776 in ZIP 12150, with per-capita income of $39,616 vs $41,463. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.6% in 12137 and 9.9% in 12150. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 8.4% — 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 $271,500 in 12137 versus $231,600 in 12150, with median rent of $3,501 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 98.4%. 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.