ZIP 16743 vs ZIP 16750

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16743 (Port Allegany, PA) and ZIP 16750 (Turtlepoint, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16743 has a population of 3,942 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 16750 has 417 at 8 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 16743 reports a median household income of $54,083 against $122,689 in ZIP 16750, with per-capita income of $29,555 vs $32,597. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.9% in 16743 and 47.0% in 16750. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 4.7%, and unemployment 7.4% vs 0.6% — 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 $120,600 in 16743 versus $77,300 in 16750, with median rent of $770 and $777 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.7% vs 90.7%. 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.