ZIP 15018 vs ZIP 15083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15018 (Buena Vista, PA) and ZIP 15083 (Sutersville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15018 has a population of 821 at 168 people per square mile, while ZIP 15083 has 952 at 100 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 15018 reports a median household income of $37,000 against $64,750 in ZIP 15083, with per-capita income of $28,411 vs $53,101. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 2.4% in 15018 and 15.8% in 15083. Poverty rate reads 7.6% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.2% — 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 $96,700 in 15018 versus $157,600 in 15083, with median rent of — and $806 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.1% vs 88.8%. 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.