ZIP 12412 vs ZIP 12457

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12412 (Boiceville, NY) and ZIP 12457 (Mount Tremper, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12412 has a population of 673 at 43 people per square mile, while ZIP 12457 has 763 at 21 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 12412 reports a median household income of $82,195 against $90,667 in ZIP 12457, with per-capita income of $44,588 vs $76,949. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.7% in 12412 and 51.8% in 12457. Poverty rate reads 16.4% vs 4.6%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 2.6% — 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 $413,000 in 12412 versus $435,700 in 12457, with median rent of — and $1,631 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.4% vs 78.1%. 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.