ZIP 12442 vs ZIP 12450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12442 (Hunter, NY) and ZIP 12450 (Lanesville, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12442 has a population of 953 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 12450 has 183 at 7 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 12442 reports a median household income of $36,912 against — in ZIP 12450, with per-capita income of $36,922 vs $85,479. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.0% in 12442 and 40.0% in 12450. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 12.6%, and unemployment 0.5% 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 $436,200 in 12442 versus $273,800 in 12450, with median rent of $1,059 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.2% vs 50.5%. 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.