ZIP 13501 vs ZIP 13502

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13501 (Utica, NY) and ZIP 13502 (Utica, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13501 has a population of 38,546 at 1,701 people per square mile, while ZIP 13502 has 33,257 at 239 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 13501 reports a median household income of $52,548 against $57,835 in ZIP 13502, with per-capita income of $27,818 vs $31,012. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.3% in 13501 and 25.9% in 13502. Poverty rate reads 27.0% vs 22.9%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 7.2% — 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 $157,500 in 13501 versus $158,000 in 13502, with median rent of $877 and $1,042 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.8% vs 59.2%. 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.