ZIP 14303 vs ZIP 14301

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14303 (Niagara Falls, NY) and ZIP 14301 (Niagara Falls, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14303 has a population of 5,981 at 940 people per square mile, while ZIP 14301 has 12,817 at 2,960 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 14303 reports a median household income of $45,646 against $34,549 in ZIP 14301, with per-capita income of $25,668 vs $27,028. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.6% in 14303 and 19.2% in 14301. Poverty rate reads 27.3% vs 36.0%, and unemployment 12.7% vs 11.7% — 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 $79,400 in 14303 versus $83,900 in 14301, with median rent of $862 and $748 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.3% vs 45.9%. 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.