ZIP 15801 vs ZIP 15848

This side-by-side compares ZIP 15801 (Du Bois, PA) and ZIP 15848 (Luthersburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 15801 has a population of 19,270 at 115 people per square mile, while ZIP 15848 has 1,027 at 20 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 15801 reports a median household income of $67,583 against $66,250 in ZIP 15848, with per-capita income of $41,784 vs $25,237. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.3% in 15801 and 9.1% in 15848. Poverty rate reads 13.7% vs 12.0%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 4.1% — 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 $181,800 in 15801 versus $138,100 in 15848, with median rent of $891 and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.9% vs 86.8%. 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.