ZIP 12726 vs ZIP 12752

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12726 (Cochecton, NY) and ZIP 12752 (Lake Huntington, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12726 has a population of 1,162 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 12752 has 242 at 54 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 12726 reports a median household income of $77,149 against — in ZIP 12752, with per-capita income of $53,418 vs $50,819. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.2% in 12726 and 39.2% in 12752. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 15.5% — 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 $377,000 in 12726 versus $403,400 in 12752, with median rent of $938 and $998 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.0% vs 66.5%. 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.