ZIP 16040 vs ZIP 16048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16040 (Hilliards, PA) and ZIP 16048 (North Washington, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16040 has a population of 975 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 16048 has 139 at 49 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 16040 reports a median household income of $84,792 against $71,250 in ZIP 16048, with per-capita income of $31,135 vs $27,005. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.3% in 16040 and 13.2% in 16048. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 36.0%, and unemployment 6.4% 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 $177,700 in 16040 versus $130,000 in 16048, with median rent of $878 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.0% vs 73.0%. 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.