ZIP 14143 vs ZIP 14482

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14143 (Stafford, NY) and ZIP 14482 (Le Roy, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14143 has a population of 1,214 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 14482 has 8,275 at 55 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 14143 reports a median household income of $95,893 against $74,216 in ZIP 14482, with per-capita income of $36,897 vs $37,960. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.4% in 14143 and 28.4% in 14482. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 2.2% — 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 $181,900 in 14143 versus $177,700 in 14482, with median rent of $735 and $906 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.2% vs 74.3%. 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.