ZIP 12151 vs ZIP 12065

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12151 (Round Lake, NY) and ZIP 12065 (Clifton Park, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12151 has a population of 708 at 106 people per square mile, while ZIP 12065 has 41,776 at 462 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 12151 reports a median household income of $98,309 against $113,873 in ZIP 12065, with per-capita income of $52,578 vs $62,495. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 53.8% in 12151 and 54.4% in 12065. Poverty rate reads 2.5% vs 3.4%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 3.0% — 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 $342,800 in 12151 versus $379,900 in 12065, with median rent of $1,615 and $1,495 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.3% vs 70.2%. 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.