ZIP 15489 vs ZIP 15486

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15489 (West Leisenring, PA) and ZIP 15486 (Vanderbilt, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15489 has a population of 389 at 161 people per square mile, while ZIP 15486 has 2,303 at 46 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 15489 reports a median household income of — against $66,250 in ZIP 15486, with per-capita income of $46,207 vs $39,064. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.7% in 15489 and 22.4% in 15486. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 10.2%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 4.6% — 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 $162,500 in 15489 versus $164,000 in 15486, with median rent of — and $800 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 50.0% vs 88.6%. 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.