ZIP 18354 vs ZIP 18353

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18354 (Sciota, PA) and ZIP 18353 (Saylorsburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18354 has a population of 951 at 109 people per square mile, while ZIP 18353 has 12,779 at 105 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 18354 reports a median household income of $85,588 against $79,071 in ZIP 18353, with per-capita income of $33,262 vs $41,947. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.3% in 18354 and 28.6% in 18353. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 11.6% vs 7.0% — 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 $252,600 in 18354 versus $288,200 in 18353, with median rent of — and $1,330 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.3% vs 88.6%. 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.