ZIP 15136 vs ZIP 15205

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15136 (Mc Kees Rocks, PA) and ZIP 15205 (Pittsburgh, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15136 has a population of 21,849 at 758 people per square mile, while ZIP 15205 has 21,865 at 819 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 15136 reports a median household income of $69,099 against $70,991 in ZIP 15205, with per-capita income of $40,302 vs $45,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.8% in 15136 and 39.3% in 15205. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 5.2% — 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 $184,900 in 15136 versus $179,900 in 15205, with median rent of $1,167 and $1,231 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.5% vs 54.5%. 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.