ZIP 13159 vs ZIP 13020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13159 (Tully, NY) and ZIP 13020 (Apulia Station, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13159 has a population of 5,184 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 13020 has 150 at 124 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 13159 reports a median household income of $101,250 against $92,813 in ZIP 13020, with per-capita income of $49,824 vs $31,736. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.5% in 13159 and 8.7% in 13020. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 3.9% 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 $229,000 in 13159 versus $276,000 in 13020, with median rent of $1,104 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.5% vs 88.6%. 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.