ZIP 16259 vs ZIP 16210

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