ZIP 12515 vs ZIP 12548

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12515 (Clintondale, NY) and ZIP 12548 (Modena, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12515 has a population of 1,549 at 120 people per square mile, while ZIP 12548 has 1,494 at 98 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 12515 reports a median household income of $103,500 against $132,083 in ZIP 12548, with per-capita income of $39,315 vs $45,125. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.2% in 12515 and 36.7% in 12548. Poverty rate reads 2.9% vs 9.5%, and unemployment 9.1% 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 $339,100 in 12515 versus $428,800 in 12548, with median rent of $1,013 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.4% vs 81.4%. 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.