ZIP 13082 vs ZIP 13030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13082 (Kirkville, NY) and ZIP 13030 (Bridgeport, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13082 has a population of 4,871 at 80 people per square mile, while ZIP 13030 has 3,892 at 113 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 13082 reports a median household income of $82,964 against $68,306 in ZIP 13030, with per-capita income of $40,101 vs $40,146. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.1% in 13082 and 23.9% in 13030. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 5.4% — 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 $185,700 in 13082 versus $206,400 in 13030, with median rent of $631 and $798 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.2% vs 87.1%. 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.