ZIP 18335 vs ZIP 18302

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