ZIP 13115 vs ZIP 13126

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13115 (Minetto, NY) and ZIP 13126 (Oswego, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13115 has a population of 224 at 187 people per square mile, while ZIP 13126 has 37,205 at 143 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 13115 reports a median household income of $72,857 against $65,346 in ZIP 13126, with per-capita income of $33,210 vs $33,545. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 13115 and 27.4% in 13126. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 16.8%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 8.8% — 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 $153,100 in 13115 versus $145,400 in 13126, with median rent of — and $1,064 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.5% vs 65.5%. 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.