ZIP 14710 vs ZIP 14750

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14710 (Ashville, NY) and ZIP 14750 (Lakewood, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14710 has a population of 3,540 at 28 people per square mile, while ZIP 14750 has 4,426 at 154 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 14710 reports a median household income of $66,120 against $66,622 in ZIP 14750, with per-capita income of $36,208 vs $46,944. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.6% in 14710 and 35.7% in 14750. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 6.9% — 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 $151,100 in 14710 versus $167,500 in 14750, with median rent of $623 and $1,197 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.6% vs 65.9%. 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.