ZIP 12140 vs ZIP 12198

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12140 (Poestenkill, NY) and ZIP 12198 (Wynantskill, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12140 has a population of 1,702 at 79 people per square mile, while ZIP 12198 has 7,903 at 233 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 12140 reports a median household income of $138,393 against $113,083 in ZIP 12198, with per-capita income of $59,731 vs $54,694. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.4% in 12140 and 40.8% in 12198. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 3.4% — 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 $301,600 in 12140 versus $285,100 in 12198, with median rent of — and $1,216 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.8% vs 80.3%. 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.