ZIP 14706 vs ZIP 14778

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14706 (Allegany, NY) and ZIP 14778 (Saint Bonaventure, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14706 has a population of 6,356 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 14778 has 1,453 at 1,350 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 14706 reports a median household income of $73,236 against — in ZIP 14778, with per-capita income of $39,845 vs $9,194. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.2% in 14706 and 50.0% in 14778. Poverty rate reads 14.9% vs 85.7%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 8.1% — 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 $176,000 in 14706 versus — in 14778, with median rent of $782 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.4% vs —. 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.