ZIP 18232 vs ZIP 18240

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18232 (Lansford, PA) and ZIP 18240 (Nesquehoning, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18232 has a population of 3,941 at 990 people per square mile, while ZIP 18240 has 3,891 at 51 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 18232 reports a median household income of $44,713 against $63,608 in ZIP 18240, with per-capita income of $23,085 vs $28,518. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 18232 and 20.4% in 18240. Poverty rate reads 23.8% vs 10.9%, and unemployment 21.2% vs 14.0% — 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 $55,800 in 18232 versus $154,600 in 18240, with median rent of $922 and $1,117 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.0% vs 67.3%. 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.