ZIP 14131 vs ZIP 14174

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14131 (Ransomville, NY) and ZIP 14174 (Youngstown, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14131 has a population of 5,283 at 48 people per square mile, while ZIP 14174 has 5,794 at 92 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 14131 reports a median household income of $85,909 against $79,695 in ZIP 14174, with per-capita income of $41,917 vs $44,460. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.8% in 14131 and 37.8% in 14174. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 2.9% — 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 $211,800 in 14131 versus $250,300 in 14174, with median rent of $885 and $1,145 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.7% vs 77.2%. 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.