ZIP 18302 vs ZIP 18335

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18302 (East Stroudsburg, PA) and ZIP 18335 (Marshalls Creek, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18302 has a population of 17,362 at 108 people per square mile, while ZIP 18335 has 672 at 289 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 18302 reports a median household income of $79,736 against $116,947 in ZIP 18335, with per-capita income of $36,717 vs $53,081. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% in 18302 and 45.2% in 18335. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 0.2%, and unemployment 7.1% vs 16.1% — 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 $244,400 in 18302 versus $277,600 in 18335, with median rent of $1,520 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.5% vs 95.8%. 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.