ZIP 15132 vs ZIP 15131

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15132 (Mckeesport, PA) and ZIP 15131 (Mckeesport, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15132 has a population of 21,472 at 1,469 people per square mile, while ZIP 15131 has 8,240 at 437 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 15132 reports a median household income of $35,397 against $61,744 in ZIP 15131, with per-capita income of $23,742 vs $39,884. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.1% in 15132 and 27.2% in 15131. Poverty rate reads 31.0% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 11.4% vs 6.2% — 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 $73,900 in 15132 versus $162,700 in 15131, with median rent of $841 and $997 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.0% vs 69.5%. 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.