ZIP 15330 vs ZIP 15360

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15330 (Eighty Four, PA) and ZIP 15360 (Scenery Hill, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15330 has a population of 5,299 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 15360 has 1,731 at 26 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 15330 reports a median household income of $111,680 against $85,341 in ZIP 15360, with per-capita income of $51,306 vs $45,339. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.1% in 15330 and 23.8% in 15360. Poverty rate reads 4.1% vs 3.7%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 3.8% — 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 $367,600 in 15330 versus $246,300 in 15360, with median rent of $690 and $727 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.2% vs 90.3%. 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.