ZIP 13315 vs ZIP 13348

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13315 (Burlington Flats, NY) and ZIP 13348 (Hartwick, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13315 has a population of 1,419 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 13348 has 1,469 at 15 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 13315 reports a median household income of $65,921 against $80,245 in ZIP 13348, with per-capita income of $38,948 vs $34,018. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.8% in 13315 and 32.6% in 13348. Poverty rate reads 16.0% vs 8.4%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 17.5% — 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 $202,000 in 13315 versus $170,400 in 13348, with median rent of — and $1,064 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.6% vs 82.6%. 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.