ZIP 15035 vs ZIP 15137

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15035 (East Mc Keesport, PA) and ZIP 15137 (North Versailles, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15035 has a population of 2,129 at 1,981 people per square mile, while ZIP 15137 has 10,228 at 511 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 15035 reports a median household income of $65,907 against $53,632 in ZIP 15137, with per-capita income of $41,119 vs $35,563. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.9% in 15035 and 23.7% in 15137. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 17.8%, and unemployment 8.0% vs 3.3% — 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 $101,100 in 15035 versus $115,200 in 15137, with median rent of $780 and $929 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.8% vs 67.5%. 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.