ZIP 12808 vs ZIP 12815

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12808 (Adirondack, NY) and ZIP 12815 (Brant Lake, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12808 has a population of 306 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 12815 has 871 at 9 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 12808 reports a median household income of $110,192 against $76,302 in ZIP 12815, with per-capita income of $60,515 vs $49,844. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.7% in 12808 and 29.0% in 12815. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 8.7%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 3.0% — 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 $332,800 in 12808 versus $287,500 in 12815, with median rent of — and $1,058 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.6% vs 80.8%. 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.