ZIP 13304 vs ZIP 13435

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13304 (Barneveld, NY) and ZIP 13435 (Prospect, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13304 has a population of 1,684 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 13435 has 286 at 530 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 13304 reports a median household income of $108,587 against $46,971 in ZIP 13435, with per-capita income of $60,040 vs $31,857. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.4% in 13304 and 2.4% in 13435. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 2.7% 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 $300,000 in 13304 versus $86,800 in 13435, with median rent of $1,297 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.8% vs 100.0%. 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.