ZIP 18465 vs ZIP 18454

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18465 (Thompson, PA) and ZIP 18454 (Poyntelle, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18465 has a population of 1,340 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 18454 has 64 at 9 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 18465 reports a median household income of $67,578 against $61,250 in ZIP 18454, with per-capita income of $37,497 vs $51,596. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 18465 and 16.9% in 18454. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 7.2%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 0.0% — 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 $250,900 in 18465 versus $335,700 in 18454, with median rent of $1,175 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.3% vs 78.9%. 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.