ZIP 13305 vs ZIP 13620

This side-by-side compares ZIP 13305 (Beaver Falls, NY) and ZIP 13620 (Castorland, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 13305 has a population of 293 at 118 people per square mile, while ZIP 13620 has 2,197 at 18 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 13305 reports a median household income of — against $70,087 in ZIP 13620, with per-capita income of $39,449 vs $29,093. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.2% in 13305 and 20.6% in 13620. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 13.2%, and unemployment 11.3% vs 1.2% — 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 $106,400 in 13305 versus $181,800 in 13620, with median rent of — and $866 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.6% vs 73.8%. 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.