ZIP 18507 vs ZIP 18505

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18507 (Moosic, PA) and ZIP 18505 (Scranton, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18507 has a population of 4,891 at 194 people per square mile, while ZIP 18505 has 20,586 at 934 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 18507 reports a median household income of $75,395 against $52,398 in ZIP 18505, with per-capita income of $57,501 vs $31,178. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 41.2% in 18507 and 25.9% in 18505. Poverty rate reads 7.3% vs 20.0%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 5.6% — 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 $266,700 in 18507 versus $156,700 in 18505, with median rent of $1,346 and $994 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.8% vs 54.2%. 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.