ZIP 15021 vs ZIP 15054

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15021 (Burgettstown, PA) and ZIP 15054 (Langeloth, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15021 has a population of 7,352 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 15054 has 375 at 1,109 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 15021 reports a median household income of $75,000 against $74,167 in ZIP 15054, with per-capita income of $41,170 vs $36,072. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 15021 and 35.2% in 15054. Poverty rate reads 8.3% vs 16.5%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 0.0% — 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 $203,800 in 15021 versus $142,800 in 15054, with median rent of $846 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.5% vs 66.3%. 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.