ZIP 12801 vs ZIP 12803

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12801 (Glens Falls, NY) and ZIP 12803 (South Glens Falls, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12801 has a population of 14,707 at 1,438 people per square mile, while ZIP 12803 has 7,567 at 494 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 12801 reports a median household income of $67,577 against $82,057 in ZIP 12803, with per-capita income of $39,650 vs $43,767. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.6% in 12801 and 26.7% in 12803. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 12.5%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 4.7% — 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 $212,500 in 12801 versus $231,300 in 12803, with median rent of $1,077 and $1,211 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.4% vs 58.9%. 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.