ZIP 18240 vs ZIP 18232

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