ZIP 13607 vs ZIP 13640

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13607 (Alexandria Bay, NY) and ZIP 13640 (Wellesley Island, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13607 has a population of 1,822 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 13640 has 271 at 9 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 13607 reports a median household income of $66,500 against $118,026 in ZIP 13640, with per-capita income of $76,652 vs $53,301. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.7% in 13607 and 72.1% in 13640. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 21.7% — 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 $176,100 in 13607 versus $370,200 in 13640, with median rent of $663 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.5% 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.