ZIP 16925 vs ZIP 14894

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16925 (Gillett, PA) and ZIP 14894 (Wellsburg, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16925 has a population of 3,186 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 14894 has 1,454 at 50 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 16925 reports a median household income of $64,792 against $51,250 in ZIP 14894, with per-capita income of $31,983 vs $32,628. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.0% in 16925 and 9.9% in 14894. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 21.9%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 6.9% — 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 $172,700 in 16925 versus $77,700 in 14894, with median rent of $947 and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.0% vs 85.5%. 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.