ZIP 14782 vs ZIP 14718

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14782 (Sinclairville, NY) and ZIP 14718 (Cassadaga, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14782 has a population of 2,401 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 14718 has 2,163 at 25 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 14782 reports a median household income of $71,250 against $56,250 in ZIP 14718, with per-capita income of $34,605 vs $32,133. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.5% in 14782 and 23.3% in 14718. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 14.9%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 4.8% — 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 $121,200 in 14782 versus $98,000 in 14718, with median rent of $725 and $870 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.0% vs 86.4%. 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.