ZIP 13680 vs ZIP 13630

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