ZIP 15458 vs ZIP 15454

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15458 (Mc Clellandtown, PA) and ZIP 15454 (Leckrone, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15458 has a population of 2,379 at 59 people per square mile, while ZIP 15454 has 237 at 71 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 15458 reports a median household income of $61,979 against — in ZIP 15454, with per-capita income of $31,304 vs $18,134. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.2% in 15458 and 0.0% in 15454. Poverty rate reads 2.1% vs 10.9%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $128,700 in 15458 versus — in 15454, with median rent of $1,382 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.1% vs 37.1%. 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.