ZIP 15010 vs ZIP 15009

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15010 (Beaver Falls, PA) and ZIP 15009 (Beaver, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15010 has a population of 28,425 at 219 people per square mile, while ZIP 15009 has 15,082 at 237 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 15010 reports a median household income of $71,200 against $88,294 in ZIP 15009, with per-capita income of $37,107 vs $48,204. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.8% in 15010 and 41.6% in 15009. Poverty rate reads 10.7% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 5.3% — 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 $192,900 in 15010 versus $261,000 in 15009, with median rent of $841 and $745 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.9% vs 73.9%. 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.