ZIP 14711 vs ZIP 14717

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14711 (Belfast, NY) and ZIP 14717 (Caneadea, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14711 has a population of 1,766 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 14717 has 636 at 9 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 14711 reports a median household income of $65,938 against $83,542 in ZIP 14717, with per-capita income of $28,547 vs $59,737. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.8% in 14711 and 34.1% in 14717. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 2.7% vs 13.4% — 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 $100,100 in 14711 versus $163,500 in 14717, with median rent of $568 and $718 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.2% vs 93.1%. 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.