ZIP 16210 vs ZIP 16259

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16210 (Adrian, PA) and ZIP 16259 (Templeton, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16210 has a population of 1,014 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 16259 has 1,934 at 16 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 16210 reports a median household income of $49,107 against $59,861 in ZIP 16259, with per-capita income of $28,619 vs $29,792. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.7% in 16210 and 7.6% in 16259. Poverty rate reads 16.6% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 3.8% — 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 $137,500 in 16210 versus $146,400 in 16259, with median rent of $625 and $664 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.6% vs 85.0%. 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.