ZIP 17812 vs ZIP 17813

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17812 (Beaver Springs, PA) and ZIP 17813 (Beavertown, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17812 has a population of 1,480 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 17813 has 1,979 at 22 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 17812 reports a median household income of $59,338 against $64,792 in ZIP 17813, with per-capita income of $28,701 vs $28,611. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.1% in 17812 and 13.0% in 17813. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 11.6%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.7% — 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 $160,100 in 17812 versus $189,300 in 17813, with median rent of $823 and $906 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.3% vs 80.1%. 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.