ZIP 12822 vs ZIP 12859

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12822 (Corinth, NY) and ZIP 12859 (Porter Corners, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12822 has a population of 6,200 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 12859 has 2,220 at 39 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 12822 reports a median household income of $83,349 against $71,250 in ZIP 12859, with per-capita income of $40,824 vs $41,695. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.6% in 12822 and 24.0% in 12859. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 14.5%, and unemployment 9.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $189,400 in 12822 versus $210,200 in 12859, with median rent of $999 and $1,380 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 86.4%. 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.