ZIP 16061 vs ZIP 16048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16061 (West Sunbury, 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 16061 has a population of 2,761 at 24 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 16061 reports a median household income of $74,464 against $71,250 in ZIP 16048, with per-capita income of $38,175 vs $27,005. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.2% in 16061 and 13.2% in 16048. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 36.0%, and unemployment 2.5% 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 $197,400 in 16061 versus $130,000 in 16048, with median rent of $1,080 and $850 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.1% 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.