ZIP 18610 vs ZIP 18624

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18610 (Blakeslee, PA) and ZIP 18624 (Lake Harmony, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18610 has a population of 5,008 at 64 people per square mile, while ZIP 18624 has 718 at 17 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 18610 reports a median household income of $67,656 against — in ZIP 18624, with per-capita income of $27,012 vs $96,521. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.2% in 18610 and 48.6% in 18624. Poverty rate reads 5.8% vs 2.7%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 3.6% — 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 $239,100 in 18610 versus $578,400 in 18624, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.0% vs 100.0%. 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.