ZIP 13158 vs ZIP 13052

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13158 (Truxton, NY) and ZIP 13052 (De Ruyter, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13158 has a population of 1,855 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 13052 has 1,679 at 13 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 13158 reports a median household income of $85,208 against $76,750 in ZIP 13052, with per-capita income of $45,180 vs $35,178. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.3% in 13158 and 23.3% in 13052. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 2.0% — 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 $174,000 in 13158 versus $134,400 in 13052, with median rent of $876 and $663 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.7% vs 82.8%. 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.