ZIP 14472 vs ZIP 14585

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14472 (Honeoye Falls, NY) and ZIP 14585 (West Bloomfield, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14472 has a population of 8,598 at 76 people per square mile, while ZIP 14585 has 120 at 936 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 14472 reports a median household income of $129,655 against — in ZIP 14585, with per-capita income of $60,984 vs $41,155. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 62.0% in 14472 and 7.1% in 14585. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $375,700 in 14472 versus $32,700 in 14585, with median rent of $1,157 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.0% vs 76.6%. 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.