ZIP 13630 vs ZIP 13680

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13630 (De Kalb Junction, NY) and ZIP 13680 (Rensselaer Falls, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13630 has a population of 1,525 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 13680 has 1,244 at 14 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 13630 reports a median household income of $63,333 against $80,625 in ZIP 13680, with per-capita income of $28,797 vs $30,611. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 13630 and 26.9% in 13680. Poverty rate reads 5.3% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 9.0% — 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 $92,700 in 13630 versus $98,200 in 13680, with median rent of — and $643 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.2% vs 90.5%. 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.