ZIP 15205 vs ZIP 15136

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