ZIP 15082 vs ZIP 15057

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15082 (Sturgeon, PA) and ZIP 15057 (Mc Donald, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15082 has a population of 350 at 432 people per square mile, while ZIP 15057 has 13,930 at 98 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 15082 reports a median household income of $113,750 against $120,821 in ZIP 15057, with per-capita income of $46,842 vs $52,321. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 52.1% in 15082 and 46.7% in 15057. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 2.9%, 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 $161,000 in 15082 versus $355,400 in 15057, with median rent of — and $1,031 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 87.3%. 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.