ZIP 15314 vs ZIP 15331

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15314 (Bentleyville, PA) and ZIP 15331 (Ellsworth, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15314 has a population of 3,788 at 85 people per square mile, while ZIP 15331 has 1,090 at 553 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 15314 reports a median household income of $59,356 against $58,750 in ZIP 15331, with per-capita income of $30,990 vs $31,241. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.8% in 15314 and 21.6% in 15331. Poverty rate reads 20.4% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 8.5% — 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 $166,300 in 15314 versus $74,300 in 15331, with median rent of $713 and $913 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.3% vs 73.4%. 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.