ZIP 12804 vs ZIP 12801

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12804 (Queensbury, NY) and ZIP 12801 (Glens Falls, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12804 has a population of 26,540 at 193 people per square mile, while ZIP 12801 has 14,707 at 1,438 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 12804 reports a median household income of $89,127 against $67,577 in ZIP 12801, with per-capita income of $54,076 vs $39,650. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.2% in 12804 and 33.6% in 12801. Poverty rate reads 8.2% vs 11.3%, and unemployment 5.0% 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 $311,400 in 12804 versus $212,500 in 12801, with median rent of $1,246 and $1,077 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.3% vs 52.4%. 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.