ZIP 12883 vs ZIP 12928

This side-by-side compares ZIP 12883 (Ticonderoga, NY) and ZIP 12928 (Crown Point, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 12883 has a population of 5,025 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 12928 has 2,028 at 10 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 12883 reports a median household income of $65,865 against $82,813 in ZIP 12928, with per-capita income of $40,781 vs $44,595. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.7% in 12883 and 14.0% in 12928. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 6.9%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 10.7% — 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 $178,800 in 12883 versus $157,900 in 12928, with median rent of $852 and $1,625 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.9% vs 94.3%. 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.