ZIP 12207 vs ZIP 12210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12207 (Albany, NY) and ZIP 12210 (Albany, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12207 has a population of 1,948 at 711 people per square mile, while ZIP 12210 has 10,158 at 4,373 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 12207 reports a median household income of $58,998 against $55,843 in ZIP 12210, with per-capita income of $44,248 vs $41,015. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.3% in 12207 and 39.9% in 12210. Poverty rate reads 34.8% vs 22.8%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 6.1% — 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 $232,000 in 12207 versus $228,100 in 12210, with median rent of $1,331 and $1,135 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 4.0% vs 24.7%. 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.