ZIP 18321 vs ZIP 18360

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18321 (Bartonsville, PA) and ZIP 18360 (Stroudsburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18321 has a population of 1,711 at 242 people per square mile, while ZIP 18360 has 28,362 at 138 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 18321 reports a median household income of $100,481 against $71,481 in ZIP 18360, with per-capita income of $33,052 vs $37,982. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.3% in 18321 and 30.0% in 18360. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 7.4% vs 5.3% — 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 $242,100 in 18321 versus $312,900 in 18360, with median rent of $1,333 and $1,408 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.1% vs 70.2%. 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.