ZIP 18014 vs ZIP 18064

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18014 (Bath, PA) and ZIP 18064 (Nazareth, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18014 has a population of 11,387 at 132 people per square mile, while ZIP 18064 has 24,073 at 242 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 18014 reports a median household income of $82,027 against $103,393 in ZIP 18064, with per-capita income of $39,971 vs $49,301. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 18014 and 38.6% in 18064. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 1.9% — 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 $288,700 in 18014 versus $387,100 in 18064, with median rent of $1,232 and $1,203 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.8% vs 75.4%. 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.