ZIP 13205 vs ZIP 13207

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13205 (Syracuse, NY) and ZIP 13207 (Syracuse, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13205 has a population of 19,201 at 2,149 people per square mile, while ZIP 13207 has 13,897 at 1,736 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 13205 reports a median household income of $38,497 against $60,720 in ZIP 13207, with per-capita income of $23,322 vs $34,350. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 13205 and 32.9% in 13207. Poverty rate reads 31.5% vs 23.6%, and unemployment 9.4% vs 6.3% — 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 $99,000 in 13205 versus $123,800 in 13207, with median rent of $993 and $1,142 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 45.7% vs 66.3%. 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.