ZIP 18347 vs ZIP 18610

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18347 (Pocono Lake, PA) and ZIP 18610 (Blakeslee, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18347 has a population of 3,364 at 48 people per square mile, while ZIP 18610 has 5,008 at 64 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 18347 reports a median household income of $84,389 against $67,656 in ZIP 18610, with per-capita income of $47,523 vs $27,012. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.1% in 18347 and 22.2% in 18610. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 11.7% vs 3.9% — 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 $230,400 in 18347 versus $239,100 in 18610, with median rent of $1,362 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.1% vs 92.0%. 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.