ZIP 15640 vs ZIP 15089

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15640 (Hutchinson, PA) and ZIP 15089 (West Newton, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15640 has a population of 378 at 202 people per square mile, while ZIP 15089 has 6,262 at 126 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 15640 reports a median household income of $83,000 against $60,533 in ZIP 15089, with per-capita income of $26,048 vs $33,734. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.2% in 15640 and 21.8% in 15089. Poverty rate reads 44.2% vs 12.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 9.7% — 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 $106,100 in 15640 versus $164,500 in 15089, with median rent of — and $696 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.2% vs 82.6%. 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.