ZIP 12414 vs ZIP 12482

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12414 (Catskill, NY) and ZIP 12482 (South Cairo, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12414 has a population of 10,510 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 12482 has 680 at 119 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 12414 reports a median household income of $73,036 against — in ZIP 12482, with per-capita income of $48,296 vs $34,490. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.7% in 12414 and 4.9% in 12482. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $247,800 in 12414 versus $187,200 in 12482, with median rent of $1,060 and $958 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.3% vs 51.5%. 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.