ZIP 14502 vs ZIP 14450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14502 (Macedon, NY) and ZIP 14450 (Fairport, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14502 has a population of 10,691 at 111 people per square mile, while ZIP 14450 has 41,104 at 499 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 14502 reports a median household income of $83,330 against $109,466 in ZIP 14450, with per-capita income of $47,783 vs $58,094. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.2% in 14502 and 60.8% in 14450. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 3.3% — 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 $234,000 in 14502 versus $308,200 in 14450, with median rent of $1,003 and $1,353 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.2% vs 77.0%. 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.