ZIP 16112 vs ZIP 16132

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16112 (Bessemer, PA) and ZIP 16132 (Hillsville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16112 has a population of 1,571 at 90 people per square mile, while ZIP 16132 has 355 at 77 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 16112 reports a median household income of $74,821 against $57,650 in ZIP 16132, with per-capita income of $40,862 vs $31,492. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 16112 and 13.6% in 16132. Poverty rate reads 9.1% vs 1.8%, and unemployment 6.0% 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 $154,500 in 16112 versus — in 16132, with median rent of $869 and $1,025 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.0% vs 73.7%. 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.