ZIP 14701 vs ZIP 14720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14701 (Jamestown, NY) and ZIP 14720 (Celoron, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14701 has a population of 40,730 at 170 people per square mile, while ZIP 14720 has 675 at 1,065 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 14701 reports a median household income of $49,685 against $51,875 in ZIP 14720, with per-capita income of $28,734 vs $27,665. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 14701 and 17.7% in 14720. Poverty rate reads 22.0% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 7.9% vs 3.1% — 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 $105,300 in 14701 versus $83,300 in 14720, with median rent of $784 and $934 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.2% vs 48.0%. 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.