ZIP 15102 vs ZIP 15228

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15102 (Bethel Park, PA) and ZIP 15228 (Pittsburgh, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15102 has a population of 29,529 at 1,101 people per square mile, while ZIP 15228 has 17,595 at 2,163 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 15102 reports a median household income of $108,966 against $123,681 in ZIP 15228, with per-capita income of $55,165 vs $70,685. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 54.6% in 15102 and 68.2% in 15228. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 3.0% — 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 $275,500 in 15102 versus $383,700 in 15228, with median rent of $1,259 and $1,194 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.4% vs 68.6%. 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.