ZIP 12473 vs ZIP 12470

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12473 (Round Top, NY) and ZIP 12470 (Purling, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12473 has a population of 861 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 12470 has 536 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 12473 reports a median household income of $103,542 against $86,349 in ZIP 12470, with per-capita income of $45,877 vs $40,510. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.2% in 12473 and 51.9% in 12470. Poverty rate reads 9.7% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $345,100 in 12473 versus $210,200 in 12470, with median rent of — and $944 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% vs 84.6%. 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.