ZIP 14125 vs ZIP 14013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14125 (Oakfield, NY) and ZIP 14013 (Basom, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14125 has a population of 3,782 at 42 people per square mile, while ZIP 14013 has 1,751 at 17 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 14125 reports a median household income of $70,294 against $72,768 in ZIP 14013, with per-capita income of $32,112 vs $31,876. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.7% in 14125 and 30.1% in 14013. Poverty rate reads 20.1% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 1.4% — 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 $161,200 in 14125 versus $160,200 in 14013, with median rent of $954 and $983 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.0% vs 87.1%. 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.