ZIP 18230 vs ZIP 18254

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18230 (Junedale, PA) and ZIP 18254 (Tresckow, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18230 has a population of 132 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 18254 has 871 at 191 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 18230 reports a median household income of — against $87,813 in ZIP 18254, with per-capita income of $26,368 vs $30,936. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.8% in 18230 and 10.0% in 18254. Poverty rate reads 31.6% vs 3.0%, and unemployment 26.1% vs 11.1% — 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 $96,800 in 18230 versus $158,000 in 18254, with median rent of — and $1,449 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 82.2%. 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.