ZIP 12452 vs ZIP 12407

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12452 (Lexington, NY) and ZIP 12407 (Ashland, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12452 has a population of 213 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 12407 has 173 at 20 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 12452 reports a median household income of — against $63,438 in ZIP 12407, with per-capita income of $106,506 vs $35,270. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.5% in 12452 and 13.5% in 12407. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.7%, and unemployment — vs 9.4% — 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 — in 12452 versus $312,500 in 12407, with median rent of — and $1,325 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.4% vs 52.9%. 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.