ZIP 12750 vs ZIP 12726

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12750 (Kenoza Lake, NY) and ZIP 12726 (Cochecton, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12750 has a population of 187 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 12726 has 1,162 at 15 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 12750 reports a median household income of — against $77,149 in ZIP 12726, with per-capita income of $50,594 vs $53,418. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 92.0% in 12750 and 39.2% in 12726. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.8% — 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 12750 versus $377,000 in 12726, with median rent of — and $938 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.0% vs 89.0%. 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.