ZIP 18241 vs ZIP 18256

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18241 (Nuremberg, PA) and ZIP 18256 (Weston, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18241 has a population of 646 at 107 people per square mile, while ZIP 18256 has 359 at 128 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 18241 reports a median household income of $83,750 against $57,750 in ZIP 18256, with per-capita income of $44,630 vs $32,092. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.2% in 18241 and 28.1% in 18256. Poverty rate reads 1.6% vs 2.2%, and unemployment 12.8% vs 6.0% — 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 $94,500 in 18241 versus $155,000 in 18256, with median rent of $670 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.4% vs 94.9%. 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.