Bachelor's Degree or Higher (% of Over 25) by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — New York

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The New York City metropolitan area and its suburban ring—particularly Westchester County, western Long Island, and parts of the Hudson Valley—display a stark split, with affluent suburbs reaching above 50% bachelor's attainment while pockets of the Bronx and central Brooklyn fall below 10%. Upstate New York exhibits a patchwork pattern, where college towns such as Ithaca, Saratoga Springs, and the Albany–Schenectady corridor stand out as high-education clusters surrounded by broad rural swaths in the Southern Tier, western Catskills, and North Country that consistently fall below 20%. The Adirondack region shows moderate variability, with a few zip codes near Lake Placid and Saranac Lake trending higher than the surrounding low-attainment areas.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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