ZIP 12165 vs ZIP 12017

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12165 (Spencertown, NY) and ZIP 12017 (Austerlitz, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12165 has a population of 175 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 12017 has 435 at 8 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 12165 reports a median household income of $65,368 against — in ZIP 12017, with per-capita income of $52,439 vs $81,642. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 72.7% in 12165 and 59.2% in 12017. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs 1.9%, and unemployment 12.7% vs 4.1% — 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 $417,500 in 12165 versus — in 12017, with median rent of — and $1,583 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.8% vs 89.2%. 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.