ZIP 16201 vs ZIP 16238

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16201 (Kittanning, PA) and ZIP 16238 (Manorville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16201 has a population of 18,214 at 61 people per square mile, while ZIP 16238 has 410 at 1,708 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 16201 reports a median household income of $72,556 against $77,885 in ZIP 16238, with per-capita income of $39,668 vs $32,338. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.8% in 16201 and 15.4% in 16238. Poverty rate reads 10.9% vs 6.2%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 11.3% — 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 $174,200 in 16201 versus $147,900 in 16238, with median rent of $719 and $673 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 81.9%. 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.