ZIP 15732 vs ZIP 16250

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15732 (Creekside, PA) and ZIP 16250 (Sagamore, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15732 has a population of 1,669 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 16250 has 315 at 44 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 15732 reports a median household income of $62,000 against $57,841 in ZIP 16250, with per-capita income of $29,220 vs $22,965. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 15732 and 8.9% in 16250. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 24.2%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 13.1% — 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 $200,200 in 15732 versus — in 16250, with median rent of $725 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.5% vs 74.7%. 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.